The decision made by the Supreme Court about the judicial execution in 1972
The Supreme Court burned the judicial execution in a ruling made in 1972. This was after
the court obtained evidence that the death penalty was imposed arbitrarily.
The decision made by the Supreme Court in 1976
The judicial execution was upheld by the Supreme Court's ruling in 1976. However,
slight changes before the ruling as judges and juries were then required to meet new laws
introduced. The new laws introduced demanded that judges and juries administer death sentences
evenhandedly and not based on ethnic affiliation as before. Death Penalty in the United States;
Claims made by the USA Today article about judicial execution decisions
The USA Today article claims that the chances of minority ethnic groups being executed
is higher than their counterparts, white even when charged with the same mistake. The article
also states that the risk of individuals who kill white people being executed is six times higher
than blacks. The criminal justice system values the lives of whites than blacks and other minority
groups in America. Death Penalty in the United States; Read more
Evidence supporting the claims
The article states that 845 people have been killed since 1997 after the resumption of
capital punishment in the United States. Out of the people executed, more than 80 percent of
people who executed whites were killed, while only 13 percent were killed for executing blacks.
Alternative punishment to the judicial execution
The USA Today article suggests that life imprisonment without parole could be the most
viable alternative to the judicial execution. I agree that life imprisonment better by far than
judicial execution. When offenders are sentenced for life, society is saved from crime and, at the
same time, prevents the criminal justice system from making unequal justice based on race. In
other words, life imprisonment denies the criminal justice system an opportunity to perpetuate
injustice against the blacks and other minority groups. Death Penalty in the United States;