tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325596.post115721694865654903..comments2024-03-22T03:56:45.022-04:00Comments on Baltimore Crime: September 2Maurice Bradburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12143777490997450728noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325596.post-1157301250327703492006-09-03T12:34:00.000-04:002006-09-03T12:34:00.000-04:00Yes, part of the politics behind the lack of outra...Yes, part of the politics behind the lack of outrage and reluctance to apply the death penalty is that in the county, few citizens imagine their kin in the shoes of the murderer. <BR/><BR/>In the City, many of these mothers are torn, because their sons might equally well be the murderer as the murdered. There but for the grace of god go mine.<BR/><BR/>It's a matter of how close to 'street life' the average citizen's family tend to be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325596.post-1157294511030294432006-09-03T10:41:00.000-04:002006-09-03T10:41:00.000-04:00apologetic black mothers?apologetic black mothers?Maurice Bradburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12143777490997450728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325596.post-1157283651153375902006-09-03T07:40:00.000-04:002006-09-03T07:40:00.000-04:00Today's article in the Sun addresses the dramatic ...Today's <A HREF="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-te.md.penalty03sep03,0,1804121.story?page=3&coll=bal-home-headlines" REL="nofollow">article</A> in the <I>Sun</I> addresses the dramatic disparity between the application of the death penalty by State's Attorneys for Baltimore City and for Baltimore County.<BR/><BR/>Yes, it costs money. <BR/><BR/>Facts: committing a heinous murder is many times more likely to garner the death penalty in the County and is statistically more likely if the victims are white.<BR/><BR/>Translation: heinous murders are more encouraged if in the City and even more so if directed at black victims.<BR/><BR/>This is not good for the city's black community and should not be embraced by apologetic black mothers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com