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SENTENCING
The obvious methods of injustice carried out against African Americans were lynching or police brutality. Those methods are no longer accepted in the public eye but the injustice remains entrenched in the justice system, especially in regards to sentencing. No longer is it common to lynch a man, but the statistics shown in the following documents show that African Americans are given the death penalty in a disproportionate ratio than whites.
source: http://www.csdp.org/edcs/page30.htm
The racism and violence has found its way into the U.S. courts. Not only are blacks more likely to get the death penalty across the board, but are especially likely to receive the death penalty if the he or she is accused of killing a white victim. In South Carolina especially, it is evident that lynching has been replaced with capital punishment and harsher sentencing.
For more information, visit:
http://www.counterpunch.org/brinker0813.html http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/15967/ |
