Kermit Smith Jr.

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Kermit Smith, Jr. (June 7, 1957 – January 24, 1995) was executed by the state of North Carolina for the kidnap, rape, and murder of a 20-year-old college cheerleader. He is one of only a few white criminals since 1976 to have been executed for murdering a black victim.[1]

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Sources

  • Jon Sorenson and Donald Wallace, "Prosecutorial Discretion in Seeking Death: An analysis of Racial disparity in the Pretrial Stages of Case Processing in a Midwestern county", Justice Quarterly 16 (1999): 559-578.

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