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Black death row inmates suffer botched executions at twice rate of whites in US (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 4 months ago by MicroWave to c/news

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A glaring racial disparity is evident in the 73 botched procedures involving lethal injections since 1976, report by Reprieve finds

Black incarcerated people have been subjected to prolonged and painful botched executions in the US at more than twice the rate of white death row inmates, a new study has found.

While glaring racial disparities have long been visible in US capital punishment, the report from the international human rights group Reprieve finds that the inequities exist even inside the death chamber. It reveals a shocking racial disparity in the rate of botched executions in which lethal injections went awry, both nationwide and in individual death penalty states.

Reprieve analyzed all lethal injection executions between 1976, when the US death penalty was restarted after a brief pause, and 2023. It chronicled 73 confirmed botched procedures – a shocking figure in itself given the suffering that prolonged and flawed executions can cause despite the promise of a “humane” death made by advocates of lethal injections.

When looked at through a racial lens, 8% of executions of Black people were botched (37 times out of 465 executions), compared with 4% for white people (28 out of 780).

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[–] justhach 51 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Its actually insane how hard the US clings to the death penalty.

[–] flicker 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I remember being a teeny tiny little girl, being raised extremely Catholic, and debating with my father because I was sure he was wrong and that if God sends suicides straight to Hell, He probably hates the death penalty.

[–] captainlezbian 4 points 4 months ago

I remember catholic school teachers arguing with my chud classmates about this. The Catholic Church officially condemns all use of the death penalty unless one cannot prevent the convicted from killing others in any other way