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They are committed instead to executing only those who are selected for death by circumstances of birth, byh their race, their poverty, or byh the happen-stance of having done murder in Central Georgia, rather than Atlanta, or of having killed ^a white woman instead of a black man.

According to Bowers and Pierce, a Bkack killer of a white victim is 40 times more likely, in Florida, to be put to death that a Black who kills another Black.

In Texas, a Black offender with a white victim is 87 times more likelu to receive the deatgh penalty than Blacks who kill Blacks.

In Ohio, a Black killer or killer, Black or white, who kills a white is more likely to receive the death penalty.

In Georgia, a racial hierarcy of victim and killer determines who will live and who will die.

In Florida, a death sentence in two-and-a-half times more likely in the state's Panhandle Region than it is in the Southern part of the same state; in Georgia, the death penalty is six times more likely in Central than in Northern Georgia, and less likely in Atlanta than elsewhere in the state.

At each stage in the process from the arrest to trial to conviction to appelate review, Bowers and Pierce assert, "(the) race of both offender and victim affects a defendant's chances of moving to the next stage."

Capital punishment, as presently applied in the United States, serves three important functions - minority group oppression, majority group protection, and repressive response.

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They are committed instead to executing only those who are selected for death by circumstances of birth, byh their race, their poverty, or byh the happen-stance of having done murder in Central Georgia, rather than Atlanta, or of having killed ^a white woman instead of a black man.

According to Bowers and Pierce, a Bkack killer of a white victim is 40 times more likely, in Florida, to be put to death that a Black who kills another Black.

In Texas, a Black offender with a white victim is 87 times more likelu to receive the deatgh penalty than Blacks who kill Blacks.

In Ohio, a Black killer or killer, Black or white, who kills a white is more likely to receive the death penalty.

In Georgia, a racial hierarcy of victim and killer determines who will live and who will die.

In Florida, a death sentence in two-and-a-half times more likely in the state's Panhandle Region than it is in the Southern part of the same state; in Georgia, the death penalty is six times more likely in Central than in Northern Georgia, and less likely in Atlanta than elsewhere in the state.

At each stage in the process from the arrest to trial to conviction to appelate review, Bowers and Pierce assert, "(the) race of both offender and victim affects a defendant's chances of moving to the next stage."

Capital punishment, as presently applied in the United States, serves three important functions - minority group oppression, majority group protection, and repressive response.