The Racist Roots of the Death Penalty

Authors

Ngozi Ndulue, University of the District of Columbia David A Clarke School of Law

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-13-2026

Abstract

Published in Inquest, a publication of the Institute to End Mass Incarceration.

Adapted from The Slow Death of the Death Penalty: Toward a Postmortem, edited by Todd C. Peppers, Jamie Almallen and Mary Welek Atwell, reprinted with permission from NYU Press.

Recommended Citation

Ngozi Ndulue, The Racist Roots of the Death Penalty, ( (2026).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.udc.edu/fac_journal_articles/144