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wealth and social status has always and will always be an advantage in all situations. Housing, education, legal, health-care, etc. The answer, IMO, is not in not using the death penalty on CONVICTED murderers. Your point is valid that wealthy criminals (like OJ) with their dream team lawyers can better work the system to garner lighter sentences. However the reason there is more poor criminals on death row is because that is who is committing capital crimes for the most part. Rarely does a wealthy man kill some clerk during a liquor store hold-up because the poor slob saw his face.
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