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NAACP targets death penalty for rape in the South
U S civil rights group officials announce an all out assault on rape capital punishment, arguing it is unfairly applied to African Americans. A University of Pennsylvania led study surveyed 225 counties in 11 Southern states, noting executions fell sharply in 1965, with prosecutors attributing the decline to the fund’s investigations. The fund calls capital punishment for rape an anachronism and seeks broader federal scrutiny and due process protections.
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