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Take a direct approach to racial justice

State legislators and Gov. Bev Perdue should play it straight about the death penalty: Just put an end to it. There are too many problems with implementation, too much inconsistency in application. Public opinion is slowly turning against it and juries are more reluctant to impose it. It?s time to replace capital punishment with life in prison without parole. Creating the Racial Justice Act simply adds more confusion and inequity. When Perdue signed the bill into law last week, she declared it ensures that when ?our most heinous criminals? are given the death penalty ? which she says she supports ? the decision is based ?on the facts and the law, not racial prejudice.? That?s a fine objective, but the Racial Justice Act offers no such assurance...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on August 21, 2009 (boomark / email).