Assignment:
First of all, watch the following:
Death Penalty Podcasts: Listen to both Episode 1 (Arbitrariness) and Episode 6 (Race)
Offenders aside, how do you explain the fact that a death sentence is significantly more likely when the victim is white than when the victim is black? Is it discrimination of some kind? Do we value white lives more? Are murders of whites more likely to qualify as 'capital' murders for some reason? Do some independent research to support your explanation.