Brandon spent his time mentoring at-risk youth, reading, crocheting, and playing guitar, reflecting a calmness and patience that is rare in a death row inmate.
Brandon’s experience highlights the brutal nature of not being allowed physical contact, describing it as an "inhumane daily assault on the soul" and a painful separation.
His case underscores the deep racial bias in the death penalty system, with 42% of death row inmates being Black, despite only making up 13% of the U.S. population.
The statistics reveal a stark disparity in interracial murder cases: since 1976, 295 Black defendants were executed for killing white victims, against only 21 white defendants.
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