Racial Bias in Capital Punishment.

INTRODUCTION. "The issue of capital punishment involves determining whether the execution of criminals is ever justified, and, if so under what circumstances it is permissible. Philosophical defenses of capital punishment typically draw from more general discussions of punishment. The issue of counteractive justice in legal philosophy distinguishes between two principal theories of punishment: utilitarian and retributive. Accordingly, defenses of capital punishment are usually either utilitarian or retributive in nature. By contrast, most criticisms of capital …

…court cases, do you believe that there are racial biases when it comes down to the Judge/jury rendering a sentence of death? 4.<Tab/>When someone of wealth and prestige is being tried for a murder case, how likely are they found guilty, if they can afford a high power lawyer?<Tab/> 5.<Tab/>What are your feelings of the U.S. Judicial System?