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A history of the McCleskey v. Kemp Supreme Court ruling that effectively condoned racism in capital cases

In 1978 Warren McCleskey, a black man, killed a white police officer in Georgia.  He was convicted by a jury of 11 whites and 1 African American, and was sentenced to death.  Although McCleskey's lawyers were able to prove that Georgia courts applied the death penalty to blacks who killed whites four times as often as when the victim was black, the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence in McCleskey v.Kemp, thus institutionalizing the idea that racial bias was acceptable in the capital punishment system.  After a thirteen-year legal journey, McCleskey was executed in 1991.  

In Killing with Prejudice, R.J. Maratea chronicles the entire litigation process which culminated in what has been called the Dred Scott decision of our time. Ultimately, the Supreme Court chose t

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      Publisher: New York University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 26/03/2019
      ISBN13: 9781479888603, 978-1479888603
      ISBN10: 1479888605
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A history of the McCleskey v. Kemp Supreme Court ruling that effectively condoned racism in capital cases

      In 1978 Warren McCleskey, a black man, killed a white police officer in Georgia.  He was convicted by a jury of 11 whites and 1 African American, and was sentenced to death.  Although McCleskey's lawyers were able to prove that Georgia courts applied the death penalty to blacks who killed whites four times as often as when the victim was black, the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence in McCleskey v.Kemp, thus institutionalizing the idea that racial bias was acceptable in the capital punishment system.  After a thirteen-year legal journey, McCleskey was executed in 1991.  

      In Killing with Prejudice, R.J. Maratea chronicles the entire litigation process which culminated in what has been called the Dred Scott decision of our time. Ultimately, the Supreme Court chose t

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