African American
Related: About this forumSorry to ask a basic research question here, but: last execution of an American for killing a PoC?
Does anybody know when that was?
I'm working on a long-form piece against the death penalty, and one central theme I have is that victims of color are treated as less than white victims. I'm curious if anybody knows when the last execution of a murderer of a person of color was. Thanks!
Glassunion
(10,201 posts)That last person in that report was black, and their victim was black, they were executed on 9/17/14. Lisa Coleman of TX.
Now if you are looking for the execution of a white person who killed a black person, that would be on 9/25/13, Harry Mitts Jr of OH killed two men, one black on white.
Now further, if you are seeking an execution where a white person killed only a black person(s) that would be on 3/6/13 Frederick Treesh of OH was white and killed a black man.
Since 1976, in cases where a person is executed and they are white with a black victim, only accounts for 1.44% of all of the 1057 executions.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Android3.14
(5,402 posts)Richard Strong killed his girlfriend and daughter.
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/execution-list-2015
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/09/richard-strong-exectution_n_7548650.html
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