White’s view on minority groups, especially their stereotypes toward African-Americans and Hispanics, significantly affect their supporting of the death penalty. Whites are likely to support the death sentence as they see minorities as a symbol of violence (Unnever). Many of court’s past decisions, where whites are the victims, have showed evidence of discrimination. As a result, blacks are frequently put to death for murdering whites, but whites are rarely to be executed for murdering blacks. In fact, racial bias and prejudice in the application of the death penalty do …show more content…
According to Bright, “The death penalty is imposed in the United States upon the poorest, most powerless, most marginalized people in the society,” (Bright). People with intellectual disability also known as mental retardation are protected from executions of the Eighth Amendment. If the defendant’s IQ is below 70 or below, they should be considered mentally retarded. In this case, both McCollum and Brown, whose IQ were below 70, who, too, should have received a different