It is true that Ernest van den Haag claims that recent data reveal little direct racial discrimination in the sentencing of those arrested and convicted of murder.
Ernest van den Haag is a legal scholar and sociologist. He claims in his defense 'The Ultimate Punishment' that death penalty should be the harshest punishment. He also states that there is an unjust discrimination prevailing in the sentencing of those arrested and convicted of murder.
The discrimination is based on the race of the murderers. i.e., among blacks and whites. He claims that recent data reveal little direct racial discrimination in declaring punishments for equal crimes between blacks and whites, which is unjust and against the moralities. He says that death penalty is often issued for guilty blacks and not on guilty whites.
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