t the killing of whites is what will get you the death penalty regardless of your race. I don't know if maybe killing a white person is seen as more of a crime than killing a minority or more or less a black person. This also if you really think about it can be traced back in time to slavery days where it wasn't considered a crime to kill a black person, no matter what color you were but to kill a white person meant almost certain death. Also its interesting but makes sense that more whites are executed than blacks but seeing as how homicide rarely crosses racial lines I guess now it understandable. I think a lot of people would be really surprised to learn these facts. In comparison to the rest of the world the United States is one of few that still practice the death penalty. Many countries around the world have either abolished the death penalty or do not practice it. I don't think the US really cares to follow the trend that has been developing in international law in the abolishing of the death penalty. I think its time for the US to follow by example because no matter how they execute its going to be barbaric to anyone who looks at it who is against the death penalty to begin with. Conclusions that I have drawn about the death penalty is that most of America feels that a way to punish someone who has killed is to kill them. Even though people appose the death penalty its going to be a hard struggle to get people to realize its wrong and to have it abolished. The death penalty was suppose to be seen as an effective way of fighting crime. But to me it just seems as a way to gain retribution, or to just get rid of the problem in a easier way than dealing with it....
