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By Alicia Victoria Lozano •
Updated on September 27, 2019 at 3:34 pm
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More than 80% of Philadelphia death row inmates are black men and 91% are non-white minorities, according to the Philly DA s office
72% of all capital punishment convictions involving Philadelphia inmates were later overturned during post-conviction appeals, the DAO says
Opponents of capital punishment say these numbers show the death penalty is arbitrarily applied and should be abolished
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejected a petition on behalf of two death row inmates to declare capital punishment unconstitutional in the commonwealth. 
The one-page ruling, which came down Thursday but was made public Friday morning, squashed what some hoped would mark the formal end to capital cases in Pennsylvania because of what critics call the cruel and arbitrary way it s applied to poor and black defendants. ....

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