In which Supreme Court case did the defendant make the argument that the imposition of the death penalty was cruel and unusual because African American men killing white victims are sentenced to death with greater frequency than white men killing white victims?

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McCleskey v. Kemp. In this case, the defendant argued that statistical evidence showed that the death penalty was imposed in a discriminatory manner, with African American men who killed white victims being more likely to receive the death penalty than any other combination of defendant and victim. However, the Supreme Court ultimately upheld the constitutionality of Georgia's death penalty statute, finding that statistical evidence alone was insufficient to establish a constitutional violation.

In Which Supreme Court Case Did the Defendant Make the Argument