Racial Disparity Regarding the Death Penalty

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There are more white people on death row in the U.S. simply because there are more white people in general in the U.S.

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 In North Carolina, a defendant is 3.5 times more likely to receive a death sentence if the victim in the case is white than if the victim is black.  Similarly, in California, a defendant is over 4 times more likely to receive the death penalty if the victim is white than if the victim is Latino. This is a violation of Article 2 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states, "Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status." The right that is not entitled to everyone is Article 7: "All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination." Obviously, if murdering a white person increases the chances for a death sentence over murdering a black or hispanic person, all are not equal before the law.
Source: deathpenaltyinfo.org and un.org