Double Justice: Race and Capital Punishment

An exploration of the patterns of sentencing, with a special focus on the historical and current application of the death penalty. The video created by Karima Wicks and Diann Rust-Tierney uncovers an undeniable pattern of discrimination toward African Americans, especially when the victim is white.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• African-Americans
• dealth
• penalty
• racism

[mst3k4evur]

The same can be said of prison-should we open the doors and let them out?

[starbuckwylde]

Pure hyperbole. This video is simply an argument for eradicating the racial disparity of the application of the death penalty. If a white person and a Black person recieve different sentences for committing the same crime, that is a disparity that a just society MUST rectify. Especially if we are talking about life and death.

[Hectorsconstruction]

It just sucks that any cold blooded killer doesn't receive the death penalty whether they are white or black or an illegal alien.

[darkgreenvase]

Double Justice was created in 1993 by Karima Wicks and Diann Rust-Tierney. Video director Allen Cosgrove and music composer Michael Nigrin were also involved. An exploration of the patterns of sentencing, with a special focus on the historical and current application of the death penalty is what we sought to highlight. The person posting Double Justice did not include the credits, which would have acknowledged the work of Ms. Wicks, Ms. Rust-Tierney, Mr. Cosgrove, and others.