Carolina QuotesBut no, I just don't think with the scientific evidence now -- I think I read an article yesterday on the death penalty, and 68 percent of the time they make mistakes. And it’s so racist, too. I think more than half the people getting the death penalty are poor blacks. This is the one place, the one remnant of racism in our country is in the court system, enforcing the drug laws and enforcing the death penalty. I don’t even know, but I wonder how many of those, how many have been executed? Over 200, I wonder how many were minorities? You know, if you're rich, you usually don't meet the death penalty.
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Interview with the Concord Monitor Editorial Board, (August 18, 2011)
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“But no, I just don't think with the scientific evidence now …” Ron Paul. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-5C63782267. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/5c63782267
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