US Death Penalty 'Woefully Short On Justice'
It looks like our countries death penalty examination has made it all the way to South Africa.
Jurors in United States death penalty cases are often excluded because of race and gender, are not shown critical evidence and tend to be conviction prone, the Death Penalty Information Centre said on Tuesday in a report."While most Americans never serve on a capital jury," the report said, "everyone is affected by a system that fails to respect those who do serve and that falls woefully short of justice."
With the number of executions nearing 1 000 nationwide since the US Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976, -- 12 US states have not adopted it -- the DPIC found US juries are increasingly reluctant to vote for death.
Read the full Mail & Guardian article.
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