Re: OJ Did It: NO! It was his son!

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From: Bill
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On 5 Oct 2000 23:35:29 GMT, cmenzel@philebus.tamu.edu (Chris Menzel)
wrote:

>On Thu, 05 Oct 2000 22:12:54 GMT, S Cunningham <swc@tamu.edu> said:
>> > And he had proved our point that justice in this country was about
>> >money & power!!! Because we all know that a poor defendant in his place
>> >might be heading for a needle.
>> 

What that case really showed was that an incompetent prosecution can
lose an easy case.

>> Be he or she Black, or White.
>
>Careful there, Steve.  In general, your points in this post are
>well-taken, but the proportion of (almost inevitably poor) blacks on
>death row is WAY out of proportion with their numbers in the general
>population.  Moreover, over 80% of death penalty cases involve a white
>victim, despite the fact that only 50% of murder victims nationally are
>white.  There is an indisputable connection between race and the
>application of the death penalty in the US, and especially in TX.
>

Chris, interestingly enough when this was an item of interest before
the US Congress, that bodied turned to statisticians from Los Alamos
Labs.  Those guys did some extensive work and determined it wasn't as
you stated above.  This from an NPR report on those hearings.
Interestingly enough, the NPR story used the statistical evidence as a
toss off line.  Probably because it didn't support their desired point
of view.

Oh, and before you really get too upset with me, I am an opponent of
the death penalty.

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From: Bill <bnospam.gross@airmail.net>
Subject: Re: OJ Did It: NO! It was his son!
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