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April 20, 2001 at 12:00 am #36498
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Even though there are more black defendants, 83% of people on death row are there whose victims are white, even though most blacks murder blacks. This means that white life is valued more than black life. So if a black guy kills a white person he is much more likely to die than killing a black person. That’s why it’s racist, not because the race of the defendant matters so much as the race of the victim.