Capital punishment is a very touchy subject to debate with extremely passionate feelings on both sides of the argument. There are a lot of questions about the legitimacy of capital punishment but one question rises above the rest: is there a racial bias when sentencing a murderer to the death penalty? In order to make a truly educated decision on the presence of a racial bias, or lack thereof, the history and statistics for both sides of the argument must be examined and analyzed. The ban on capital punishment was rescinded in 1976 by the Supreme Court in the case of Gregg vs. Georgia. In an article from 1998 posted by NCPA (National Center for Policy Analysis), approximately 42% of all death-row inmates were African-American (Myth of Racism).
