There is a racial divide in opinions on the death penalty in the U.S. There are also disagreements along racial lines about which groups are more likely to get the death penalty. 77% of the African American minorities say that they are more likely to receive the death penalty, rather than Caucasian for similar crimes (Pew Research Center). …show more content…
The right to an attorney represents the 6th amendment. Some attorneys are overworked, underpaid, or lack trial experience required. In more extreme cases, attorneys have slept through parts of trials. The most common asked question is: how can we provide equal justice when we do not offer sufficient representation? When the federal courts set death sentences aside, it is often because the trial attorney was so incompetent. In North Carolina, three of sixteen death row inmates were executed; lawyers who had been disciplined for unethical conduct represented them. Some protest that the system is broken. Whether someone has an experienced attorney or not, it does not matter. They shift the focus from the attorney present to the judicial