First, read Race and Crime ch. 10: Race to Execution before answering the following questions:
- Is there a racial element to how the death penalty is applied? Explain.
- Explain the terms “aggravating factors” and “mitigating factors”. Is there a racial component to how these concepts are applied?
- Why does the jury in a capital murder case have to be “death-qualified”? Should this be the case?
- Outline the most important court cases in understanding the limits of legal protection against racial discrimination in death penalty cases.
Your answers should consist of at least 3-4 sentences per question.
Chapter Title: “Race to Execution”: Lynching, Mass Incarceration, and the Resurgence of
the Death Penalty
Book Title: Race and Crime
Book Subtitle: Geographies of Injustice
Book Author(s): Elizabeth Brown and George Barganier
Published by: University of California Press
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