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Bias in Military Death Penalty
Loaded on Oct. 15, 1994
published in Prison Legal News
October, 1994, page 11
The Vol. 5, No. 6, issue of PLN reported on studies showing the new federal death penalty was racially biased. A recent report issued by the Death Penalty Information Center notes that of the six men (three soldiers, two marines and an airman) awaiting execution at the US Disciplinary Barracks …
Filed under:
Racial Discrimination,
Death Penalty/Death Row,
Death Penalty,
Military Law.
Location:
United States of America.
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