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Racial disparity in death penalty cases fuels debate
In Columbus Georgia and nationwide experts say killers of whites more often face death. Cases show defendants’ race of victim and defendant influence outcomes, with GA and SC studies citing white victims and black defendants receiving harsher penalties.
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Columbus
Christine Wright
Hen Fuller
Carol Jeannine Galloway
Wright
Galloway
David Bruck
South Carolina
Supreme Court
McCleskey
Kemp
Georgia
Federal General Accounting Office
GAQ
Alan Slobodin
Washington Legal Foundation
Albert Jefferson
Alabama
Jefferson
Chambers County
Ren Clark
Clark
Florida Supreme Court
Anthony Ray Peek
Tril
Stephen Bright
Southern Prisoners’ Defense Committee
DAI
Baght
South
California
Illinois
Gary Parker
Atlanta
Bright
Douglas Pullen
William Anthony Rooks
Brooks
Cioi
Pullen