In 1972 the death penalty was effectively outlawed in the US: why then did Daniel Lewis Lee become the first of three men to be executed by the state last week? Holly Baxter explains
Notably, the three men who brought their case to court were black, and the justices who decided to vote against further use of theagreed that its use was not uniform and seemed to be brought disproportionately against people who were poor, black, or members of minority groups.
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