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| OpEd: Death penalty has own biases |
| By Baltimore Sun |
| Published: 03/26/2008 |
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MARYLAND - On Monday, the House of Delegates passed a bill that would establish a Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment. The commission, which will have 19 members, is to issue a report by Dec. 15 of this year on at least seven recommendations. Guess what's at the top of the list of recommendations? You'd be right if you guessed "racial disparities," and you'd have guessed that even if you had just beamed in from Planet Dimwit. No. 2 on the list is "jurisdictional disparities." No. 3 is "socio-economic disparities," while "the risk of innocent people being executed" comes in at numero quatro. Let us all pause for a moment to ponder why "racial disparities" is at No. 1 while "the risk of innocent people being executed" is fourth on the list. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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