So We Agree!

Michael Medved argues: “Nevertheless, Brewer met justice nine years more promptly than the African-American, Davis. In any just society, the race of the perpetrator—or victim—should have no bearing on the treatment of a killer.” The rather obvious problem here is that Brewer was clearly guilty while Davis was convicted solely by evidence we know to be highly unreliable, so this particular example doesn’t prove what Medved seems to think it proves. Nevertheless, I concede Medved’s bottom line — McCleskey v. Kemp was an abomination. Given the clear evidence that the death penalty is applied in a racially discriminatory manner it should be considered unconstitutional.

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