Race disparities in capital punishment are evident… So the assumption that an immoral system can then lead the way in instituting justice is preposterous. No sir, you’re out of your mind. Instituting a fair and just process would require almost perfect detective forces, incorruptible police and judiciary, juries unswayed by human emotion and prejudice. And a stern, un-pardoning policy regardless of race, influence or station in life. Now, should these impossible conditions be met, they would result in such a large number of executions, that the defenders of executions would stand aghast.

Malcolm X, while debating Princeton University's Debate Team https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31108024/ - S1E1

More on Malcolm's prison debate team:

🔗 Genius: MLK/X https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31108024/

🔗 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/16/malcolm-xs-prison-debate-team-takes-on-harvard

More info:

🔗 https://www.npr.org/2020/08/12/901632573/black-power-scholar-illustrates-how-mlk-and-malcolm-x-influenced-each-other

🔗 https://paw.princeton.edu/article/essay-meeting-malcolm-x

🔗 https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/02/21/387979086/malcolm-xs-public-speaking-power