Metropolitan Digital

Men's Weekly


.

Why support for the death penalty is much higher among white Americans

  • Written by Kevin O'Neal Cokley, Professor of Educational Psychology and African and African Diaspora Studies, University of Texas at Austin
Why support for the death penalty is much higher among white AmericansPeople who oppose the death penalty cannot serve on juries in those cases.Crazy City Lady/Shutterstock.com

Sentencing a person to die is the ultimate punishment. There is no coming back from the permanence of the death penalty.

In the U.S., the death penalty is currently authorized by the federal government, the military and 29 states. The primary...

Read more: Why support for the death penalty is much higher among white Americans

More Articles ...

  1. You can join the effort to expose Twitter bots
  2. Why it seems like your friends have more to be thankful for
  3. Your big brain makes you human – count your neurons when you count your blessings
  4. Are you as grateful as you deserve to be?
  5. What to do with those Thanksgiving leftovers? Look to the French
  6. Jimmy Hoffa disappeared – and then his legacy took on a life of its own
  7. Medical errors still harm too many people but there are glimpses of real change
  8. How to tell if your digital addiction is ruining your life
  9. Diabetic foot wounds kill millions, but high-tech solutions and teamwork are making a difference
  10. Political hashtags like #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter make people less likely to believe the news
Metropolitan republishes selected articles from The Conversation USA with permission

Visit The Conversation to see more