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Sociologists 's landmark study of capital murder cases in Washington State revealed that bla
defendants were more than times more likely to be sentenced to death than defendants of
other races. In ,the Washington State Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty was
unconstitutional.

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Based on historical accounts and findings, it was revealed that:

Sociologist KATHERINE BECKETT's landmark study of capital murder cases in Washington State revealed that BLACK defendants were more than FOUR times more likely to be sentenced to death than defendants of other races.

  • This study was made in 2014, evaluating all the cases in the state of Washington between 1981 to 2014.

  • Also, In October 2018, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty was unconstitutional.

  • The actual case, the ruling was made was State v. Gregory.

  • The ruling made the state of Washington to be among one of the 20 states in the United States to be without Capital punishment.

Hence, in this case, it is concluded that the State of Washington no longer uses Capital punishment, and black descents were four times likely to be sentenced to death as a defendant than another race.

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