Diana Lara Lara
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In the required article " The Enduring Racial Divide in Death Penalty Support" its methods and findings are in the survey they looked at. The general social survey is about if the people support the death penalty. In this article it surveys the people that identify themselves as Whites or Blacks. As well, it shows that Blacks are less likely to least favor the death penalty than the Whites would. The things that were important in the article was the income they received, the experience with the criminal justice, their fear of crime and how they view how harsh the criminal justice can be. Income had a big difference that lead to have different opinions on the death penalty, also education was one of the factors. In their exerpience with the criminal justice, Blacks are most likely to be the victims when it comes to crime and they may depend on the criminal justice for protection. As well Blacks fear of Care more than Whites do, but the ones who do report to have more fear of crime are Whites.
Another article "A Punishing Look: Skin Tone and Afrocentric Features in the Halls of Justice" the crime committed, their sentence is determined on the color of their skin. If the person's skin color is darker it was most likely to get a much worse consequence. For example, if the individual's skin color is much darker they are most likely to go to prison rather than going to probation and they are also treated worse. This example implies to Whites as well. Depending on where the individual lives, their age, skin tone and Afrocentric facial features, the crime type determines their sentence and the sentence length. Their sentence type can be to stay or to go to prison and their sentence length can be months. If the crime is violent then its most likely for the individual to go to prison. The case history and criminal history gets looked at. The most important features are the skin tone and Afrocentric facial features; physical features can be broad nose, big lips, etc. The research in this article also process that the African Americans with lighter skin color not only get it easier than darker skin tone African Americans but also have a better income.
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