Law enforcement
There have been instances of injustice demonstrated by law enforcement officials pertaining to black individuals. A disproportionate amount of black people are being subject to brutality and incarceration due to racial profiling. More black individuals in prison means an increase in the chance of the decision of the death sentence for black individuals, depending on what is being accused of them. This can be justified based on the belief that blacks are simply committing more crime, but the truth of the matter is, black people are often targeted based on racism by officers and this is why they represent such a large proportion of people in correctional facilities. To illustrate, following a wrongful vehicle search without consent
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In the case of the Brian Baldwin execution in Alabama in the year of 1999, Baldwin was wrongfully condemned to the electric chair for the alleged rape and murder of Naomi Rolin (CITE). In the end it was proven that Baldwin, a black teenager, was wrongly convicted in this case, clearly based on a bias and racist jury, judge, and court system. It was discovered that he was compelled to confess due to the abuse he endured during his interrogation, as the local police in his county beat him and tortured him with electric shocks from a cattle-prod (Rose, 1999). It should also be noted that there was no evidence tying Baldwin to the murder and that there were discrepancies between his confession and the facts of the case; such as, incorrect material facts in respect to how Rolon died and the nature of the murder weapon. This is the result of racism and insufficient police work and this is only one of many examples. Many innocent lives are taken due to the death penalty which are often the direct result of bias and discrimination. Needless to say, the death penalty is a poor and definitive response that cannot be undone. Combating this matter requires government intervention, and entails prohibiting the death