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Sotomayor Vs. The Death Penalty
Jun 08, 2009 11:53 EDT
Justice: Sonia Sotomayor says the death penalty disproportionately impacts minorities. A question for her: Death sentences are meted out most often to (a) blacks, (b) whites, (c) Hispanics or (d) the guilty.
Death cases among early issues for new justice
May 30, 2009 02:11 EDT
Sotomayor's views on death penalty could get early test on Supreme Court. As a director of a Puerto Rican advocacy group in the 1980s, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor was part of a three-person committee that equated capital punishment with racism.
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Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| Hugh L. Carey | |
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51st Governor of New York
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| In office January 1, 1975 – December 31, 1982 | |
| Lieutenant | Mary Anne Krupsak (1975–78) Mario Cuomo (1979–82) |
| Preceded by | Malcolm Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Mario Cuomo |
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| Born | April 11, 1919 Brooklyn, New York |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Helen Owen (d. 1974)
Evangeline Gouletas (divorced in 1989) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
