Discrimination
Are people of colour more likely to become executed?
Yes they are
Name one thing one could have been executed for in the 1700s
Drowning, Chopping down a tree, and robbing a rabbit warren
How many methods are there?
5
True or false people who are lynched have been convicted of their crime?
False
If an African American is on trial it is more likely to be sentenced to death if the victim was?
White
Where did the last execution in Canada happen?
Toronto Don Jail
What are the top 3 metods most used?
Lethal Injection, The Electric Chair,and Lethal Gas
What is the most common type of lynching?
Hanging
What % of black people make up for the amount of people on death row?
41%
What did the two men do to get executed in Canada?
robbed a restaurant
How many states use lethal injection?
31
Who were the most targeted people in the 1800s and 1900s?
Black people
How many African Americans get executed out of the amount that are sentenced? (a %)
34%
How many out of 222 crimes were abolished from the death penalty from 1823-1837?
over 100
Name the 2 least used methods
Hanging and Firing squad
What occurrence happened recently that was an act of lynching?
The murder of George Floyd
Why do black people often get discriminated against in the eyes of the law?
stereotypes
In the ____ Century B.C.’s Draconian Code of Athens, made death the only punishment for all crimes.
Seventh
Lethal injection has been most commonly used since?
1976
Give me the definition of Lynching
the act of publicly killing someone for an alleged crime with or without a legal trial