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| Duane Buck case live chat: what's next for inmate sentenced by race? | Duane Buck case live chat: what's next for inmate sentenced by race? |
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| Duane Buck was sentenced to death in 1997 for the double murder of his former girlfriend and a man. At the sentencing hearing, the jury was told that black offenders posed a greater danger to the public than whites should they ever released from prison – and that testimony is believed to have been crucial in persuading the jury to put him on death row. Now his lawyer, Christina Swarns of the NAACP, is fighting for a new, fair sentencing hearing free of racial bias that may save his life. | Duane Buck was sentenced to death in 1997 for the double murder of his former girlfriend and a man. At the sentencing hearing, the jury was told that black offenders posed a greater danger to the public than whites should they ever released from prison – and that testimony is believed to have been crucial in persuading the jury to put him on death row. Now his lawyer, Christina Swarns of the NAACP, is fighting for a new, fair sentencing hearing free of racial bias that may save his life. |
| Along with Swarns, more than 100 prominent civil rights leaders, lawyers, politicians and clergy are calling on the state of Texas to provide a new fair sentencing hearing for Buck. | Along with Swarns, more than 100 prominent civil rights leaders, lawyers, politicians and clergy are calling on the state of Texas to provide a new fair sentencing hearing for Buck. |
| What does his case tell us about the way African Americans are treated generally in the application of the death penalty in America? Join Guardian reporter Ed Pilkington and Christina Swarns, director of the NAACP legal defence and educational fund, to discuss the case from 1 to 2pm ET Wednesday. | What does his case tell us about the way African Americans are treated generally in the application of the death penalty in America? Join Guardian reporter Ed Pilkington and Christina Swarns, director of the NAACP legal defence and educational fund, to discuss the case from 1 to 2pm ET Wednesday. |
| Other questions to consider: | Other questions to consider: |
| • What is the current role of race in US capital punishment? | • What is the current role of race in US capital punishment? |
| • Why do his advocates say Buck was sentenced to death because of his race? | • Why do his advocates say Buck was sentenced to death because of his race? |
| • How did Buck's lawyer allow such evidence to be presented in court? | • How did Buck's lawyer allow such evidence to be presented in court? |
| • What is the status of Buck's new sentencing hearing? | • What is the status of Buck's new sentencing hearing? |
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