For the Supreme Court, as long as racial or other disparities can be justified by relevant legal factors (e.g., that blacks commit a disproportionate number of capital crimes), there is nothing inherently problematical with racial or other disparities in the administration of capital punishment.

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The Supreme Court has ruled that as long as disparities in capital punishment can be explained by non-discriminatory factors, they are not inherently unconstitutional. However, this does not mean that all racial disparities in capital punishment are justified and some argue that systemic issues such as racial bias in the criminal justice system can lead to unjust outcomes.

For the Supreme Court, as Long as Racial or Other