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By Jan Baumgartner (about the author)     Page 2 of 2 page(s)

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According to DPIC and their statistics on Race and the Death Penalty:

Persons Executed for Interracial Murders in the U.S. since 1976;

White Defendant/Black Victim    15

Black Defendant/White Victim  217

Current U.S. Death Row Population by Race:

Black  1,397 or 41.7%     White  1,517 or 45.3%

According to Wikipedia, U.S. population statistics as of 2005:

White American  74.7% or 215.3 million; Black American  12.1% or 34.9 million.

What do Troy Anthony Davis, Kenneth Foster, Jr., Genarlow Wilson, the Jena 6, and defenseless pitbulls have in common?  They're all expendable.  But, most of us will never hear of or concern ourselves with the unjust sentences and outcomes of these young black men.

The dogs, however, have been guanteed primetime and continued outrage for their sickening hangings and electrocutions.

All God's Creatures Great and Small.  But not Black.      

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A native Californian, Jan Baumgartner is a writer and book editor dividing her time between surviving in Maine and living in Mexico. Her writings on Mexico will be included in the upcoming book, Lady Jane (San Francisco Bay Press, 2009). Her (more...)
 

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Wow... by Todd Huffman, M.D. on Monday, Jul 23, 2007 at 7:33:57 PM
Thanks Jan by John R Moffett on Tuesday, Jul 24, 2007 at 7:57:37 AM
RACE: A Death Penalty Primer by dudleysharp on Tuesday, Jul 24, 2007 at 4:26:26 PM
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