Black Death Row Inmates Are Most Vulnerable To Suffering Botched Executions, New Study Finds

The electric chair at Holman Prison in Atmore, Alabama. | Source: Bettmann / Getty

Most of us know of the myriad of studies that show racial disparities exist in virtually all aspects of America’s criminal justice system. From arrests to sentencing to racial profiling to over-policing, it has been shown over and over again that Black people routinely get the short end of the “justice” stick once their fates are in the hands of legal authorities.

Well, a recent study now indicates...