one thing, whites may have more money to get a better layer while those minorities who don't have the privileges to get a private layer, that can explain part of the reason of why white are sentence to death row in a less frequent rate than minorities.
             The death penalty has been opposed by the people since the beginning of its era. One can argue that capital punishment is in violation of a person's right to live. Since 1976, when the Supreme Court declared that the death penalty was not against the constitution, The Supreme Court has heard many cases dealing with these amendments. A lot of times people who are apposed to the death penalty bring up the eight amendment of the United States Constitution which "prohibits cruel and unusual punishment". Some people say that the death penalty is a cruel and unusual act, while others argue that the types of executions that are used are horrible ways to die. A question arises from that argument. If a different type of execution were to be brought up would it then be all right to people to rest? In Louisiana, Patrick Sonnier was sent to the electric chair in April 1984. The death certificate stated that it took four min
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