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now back in 1976 a of course the restarted the death penalty regime and
the
in florida they've but taking advantage of that to do
a significant number of executions 84 to be exact
and there's one interesting fact about that that might put into question how
they
adjudicate the death penalty in how they carried out
well turns out that in the state of Florida no white person
has ever been executed for killing an African American
now okay you look at that by itself he might still it is a lot different states
could be just a coincidence that South Florida came out and maybe in other
states there
more lean more in the direction of a lot away people I killed by people cuz its
funny about in the country
get executed who no you really find that evidence
anywhere I in fact you find more evidence a bias in how the death penalty
is executed
in different states for example in Alabama sixty percent black death row
inmates were convicted of murdering a white person
well okay now this were a lot of the service will say yeah but
probably happen so often is so overwhelmingly that that's why
have the number sixty percent so what are you most proper context while I'm
glad you asked
so how often did happen six percent %uh murders
in Alabama involve black defendants and white victims
but sixty percent black death row inmates were convicted of murdering a
white person
in those numbers seem a lil
disproportionate okay so well we go Florida and Alabama
have a louisiana the des centres in louisiana
is ninety-seven percent more likely in *** cases
where the victim is white sold
now a lot of people know lead black defendants wind up disproportionately
higher
chance being on death row now we know that nasa
problem with good death penalty because we realize that
perhaps certain groups have been targeted more in fact
a lot of people who are on death row who happen to be african-american
leader were but try not to be innocent
in fact that just happen last week we did the story the guy was on death row
for thirty years
he was black he was a gardener for 100 per somebody would been killed
turned out well not only was the two white brothers who have done it
and not the black Gardner but the prosecutors hid
evidence to that effect and they kept him on death row for thirty years anyway
so you get those stories you got the numbers
rate now the other thing that you have is if you kill a black guy
well are you really gonna get the death penalty what turns out
it's a lot less likely you kill a white guy
who who you gonna watch out because that's when you're
very likely to get the death penalty so
is there some perhaps racial injustice
in how we me that the death penalty let alone the fact that we should have it in
the first place
because if we're letting out people from death row because it turns out
we're making mistake after mistake and we now let out dozens of people that
were on death row
let alone that egregious back which should
and the deaths from the in a bit self if you're doing it
on the basis of the skin a pure color or the color of your skin I should say
that's another layer of injustice when are we gonna stop this is rediculous
death penalty
which is clearly biased and
given out all the time to the wrong people across the country