Racism has always been an issue in this country and continues to be to this day. Death-row inmate Duane Buck was scheduled to be executed in Texas for a double murder. During the trial, the psychologist told the jury that Hispanic and African-Americans are more likely to be repeat offenders. The psychologist was involved in seven trials so far involving inmates on death row. The first six had their sentence changed because the judge noticed the racist tones of the psychologist. As David said earlier, a case involving someone's life shouldn't be decided by the color of their skin.
This article shows the importance about equal protection because if the judge didn't believe in equal protection and was more like the psychologist then Duane Buck would have been executed because he was African-American. Equal protection says that everyone, regardless of race, gender, or religion has the same rights.
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