Racial inequality has always been a major issue in society since people are put into social groups. In the recent US Today article, “Study suggests death penalty inequality,” evidence is used to prove that the above statement is correct. This suggests there is inequality among inmates since most blacks are the death penalty more than whites. Blacks who commit crimes against whites are sent to death row, which seems like inequality because most likely white criminals are not usually served the same sentence for an identical offense. Therefore, in the Sociological America Magazine states that Charles Horton Cooley, a sociological theorist suggests that this is a norm because this behavior is pass down from generation to generation. In other
