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...innocents are spared. Wrongful death is so deeply embedded in capital punishment that its eradication is beyond the abilities of any Governor’s Council—no matter how talented its members. Another problem beyond the scope of the Governor’s Council is the racial bias that afflicts the judicial process in death penalty cases. Studies have consistently shown that black defendants are much more likely to be sentenced to death than white defendants in comparable cases...
...Dean chastised Bush as a divisive leader, taking him to task for exacerbating racial, socioeconomic, religious and sexual difference among the American people...
Civil rights and racial reconciliation instead became a personal journey for the Wares. If not for the movement's nonviolent tenets, for example, Virgil's brothers say their rage might not have worn off. Melvin was the angriest, and although he thought for years about revenge, he eventually immersed himself in his Christian faith, encouraging whites and blacks to attend each other's church services. James too has long forgiven Farley and Sims, but he says he found real meaning in Virgil's death one night years later, in the '60s, when his car got stuck in a ditch...
...Citing racial and gender discrimination, a black, female librarian at the Design School’s Loeb Library has filed a lawsuit against the University...
When the EEOC did take up Goodwin’s case—a-year-and-a-half after her initial contact—it was dismissed without a hearing. The commission found that her supervisor’s comments did not demonstrate racial or gender bias...