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Why did southern states, at least at first, replace mandatory death penalty statutes with discretionary death penalty statutes?

Why did southern states, at least at first, replace mandatory death penalty statutes with discretionary death penalty statutes?
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Why did southern states, at least at first, replace mandatory death penalty statutes with discretionary death penalty statutes?

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Answer: To allow all white juries to take race into account

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