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In terms of official law and statute all accused are afforded the right to fair trial and legal counsel. In actuality statistical data indicates that death row inmates are predominately African-American or Hispanic coming from low economic backgrounds. There is also tremendous body of research illustrating disparities in sentencing when comparing the affluent to indigent accused.

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