* Innocent people are being sentenced to death. In the past 30 years, 113 inmates were found to be innocent and released from death row.
* Almost all people on death row could not afford to hire an attorney. The quality of legal representation is a better predictor of whether or not someone will be sentenced to death than the facts of the crime.

* Race often plays a role in determining a capital sentence. Over 80% of capital cases involve white victims, even though nationally, only 50% of murder victims are white.
* Where a death sentence is sought often determines whether a defendant is sentenced to death more than the circumstances of the crime.