tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098620.post111577403545667080..comments2024-03-15T04:02:42.341-04:00Comments on CrimLaw: DeathLaw - Race & ExecutionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098620.post-1116322974016981582005-05-17T05:42:00.000-04:002005-05-17T05:42:00.000-04:00It's already been said, but the unequal applicatio...It's already been said, but the unequal application of a penalty, does not, I think, render it invalid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098620.post-1116251992207532082005-05-16T09:59:00.000-04:002005-05-16T09:59:00.000-04:00I was going to post about the inequality between t...I was going to post about the inequality between the sentencing of men vs. women but A. Zarkov made the point much better than I could have. My son asked my about the woman who ran away from her wedding recently claiming that she had been kidnapped. I told him nothing would happen, lying to authorities is ok for women, in fact encouraged, it keeps the machinery of other rent seeking bueracracys in business, especially coppers and the domestic violence industry they love riding white horses.<BR/><BR/>Dr. H.O. PotamusJohnny Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12016357287228592060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098620.post-1116213214789749572005-05-15T23:13:00.000-04:002005-05-15T23:13:00.000-04:00Baldus supposedly controlled for all major factors...Baldus supposedly controlled for all major factors. When the trial judge asked the experts to change certain factors it made the statistical variance worse.<BR/><BR/>When it went to the Supreme Court, the Court (if I remember right) basically said that statistics couldn't carry the day.Ken Lammershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15646250142814585354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098620.post-1116130597248074432005-05-15T00:16:00.000-04:002005-05-15T00:16:00.000-04:00I assumed that to eliminate other arguments and as...I assumed that to eliminate other arguments and assume the best argument available in order to show that even in its best light it does not work.<BR/><BR/>You may be right; the Ohio statistics may not adjust for any number of factors. I don't know; the article didn't say.<BR/><BR/>The most famous of this type of study was the Baldus study which, according to my text book in law school, adjusted for all major factors such as class and gender and still showed a tendency to use the death penalty against those who kill Whites and not to with those who kill Blacks.<BR/><BR/>I admit to some skepticism of Baldus et al. However, I am not qualified to argue the point.Ken Lammershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15646250142814585354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098620.post-1115817162601347302005-05-11T09:12:00.000-04:002005-05-11T09:12:00.000-04:00A good point but I've not heard people claiming th...A good point but I've not heard people claiming that too many Blacks are executed. I'm sure some have made the argument but the same dynamic you mentioned applies to Whites (as well as any other ethnic group). If more people are sentenced to death for killing a White citizen then more Whites are sentenced to death.<BR/><BR/>Some people would note that an increase in the number of Blacks being sentenced to death if the number of death sentences for murders involving Black victims were raised to the same level as those involving White victims. It would hit home with some but it's still not a strong argument. Appealing for lesser punishments for someone because of his race isn't going to get too far.Ken Lammershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15646250142814585354noreply@blogger.com