The statistics also show that plea bargain decisions are biased against black defendants. The United States for example entered into a plea bargain with forty-eight percent of white defendants, while doing so for only twenty-five percent of black defendants. Bass's statistics also show that there is a huge discrepancy between death penalty charges for whites and blacks: sixteen percent of whites are charged with firearms murder while thirty-two percent of blacks are charged with the same crime. These statistics clearly show that there is a racial bias in the system. The Supreme Court claims that its reverse of the original decision in Bass's favor is overturned, because of a lack of evidence in the defendant's specific case, and the failure to show both a discriminatory effect and intent. However, this does not appear entirely true. The statistics speak for themselves. The fact that they pertain to country-wide cases is indicative only that the entire system is discriminatory with the specific intent of being so. This indicates...

Indeed, many events during the recent decades have made it clear that racial discrimination still plagues every area of American life, despite the fact that the Constitution guarantees equal rights for all.
The Supreme Court decisions just appears to be one of the latest cases of such discrimination. The reason cited for the Court's decision appears to be a smoke screen behind which the true realities of justice and discrimination are hidden. Indeed, it appears that, by preventing Bass's access to a discovery motion, the Supreme Court is preventing him from discovering a reality that the Court and its officials wish to hide from the public.

The death penalty is a very serious judgment, and should not be made lightly. Therefore, any defendants attempting to find ways in which to overturn such a penalty should be granted the chance to do so. The Supreme Court was therefore incorrect in its decision.