Blacks and Capital Punishment In the United States, about 13,000 people have been legally executed since the colonial times. The 1930’s executed up to 150 people yearly. Due to the lack of support of the death penalty from the public the rate went to nearly zero by 1967. The United States Supreme Court banned the practice in 1972. It was later authorized for resumption in 1976. The book The Death Penalty in America provides a table from 1968 to 1980; the total …showed first 75 words of 3131 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3131 total…black man on death row last resort to save his own life. I cannot stress the fact that we are innocent until proven guilty, every man is created equal and punished the same. People who are for the death penalty need to stand by what they believe. Just think if we enforced all the laws and made the criminal justice systems harder would we be in the same situation we are in now. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**