According to critics of the death penalty, capital punishment unfairly targets blacks and is disproportionately applied in cases involving white victims. Most poor, uneducated According to a study released last week by the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics, death row inmates who never made it past the eighth grade outnumber those who attended college. Proper execution of justice' South Carolina officials, however, said they were satisfied with Smith's sentence. If there were any problems, it's had more than adequate review and if any problems exist, the courts would have certainly uncovered it in their review. Meanwhile, pro-death penalty groups said Smith's execution represented justice being served.
Executions are proper social sanctions for certain very heinous crimes.
It does bring into question whether the victim is overlooked in these cases. Justice in this case has been delayed much too long, and clearly Mr. Smith should have executed some time ago. Vigil outside prison Outside the prison before Smith's execution, protesters lit 500 candles then read the names of the inmates executed since 1977. I am angry at the injustice. I believe the death penalty is an evil blight on society, and it diminishes us all.