The legal debate over racial discrimination in the use of the death penalty seems to have taken a peculiar turn. The courts have rejected claims of racial discrimination by finding the effects of racial effects weak for the past years. According to the article, “Race and the Death Penalty in Texas” written by the editorial board of the New York Times racial discrimination is an issue with the death penalty. The article was based on the trial, Buck vs Davis. That trial was similar to McCleskey v. Kemp. Racial patterns have been in the imposition of the death penalty, and is still developing in this country. In the Furman vs Georgia trial, it was the same thing. Studies have shown a great difference in the death penalty with race, gender, bad lawyering, and location of the crime. According to data suggested by Cardozo Law, the death penalty was disproportionately imposed on African-Americans, particularly for the crime of rape. That percentage was 89% African-American. Race is a factor when it comes to the death penalty, indeed.
