arbitrariness

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In announcing the 2021 moratorium, Garland noted concerns about how capital punishment disproportionately impacts people of color and the “arbitrariness” - or lack of consistency - in its application.

From Washington Times

In announcing the 2021 moratorium, Garland noted concerns about how capital punishment disproportionately impacts people of color and the “arbitrariness” — or lack of consistency — in its application.

From Seattle Times

During his Senate confirmation hearing in 2021, Garland told lawmakers he had concerns “about the increasing almost randomness or arbitrariness” of the death penalty and its disparate impact on racial minorities.

From Washington Post

Every month, as I compile international films for my column, I am confronted with the arbitrariness of the boundaries that determine what we consider familiar and foreign, the home and the world.

From New York Times

“Zero Covid” made clear the ease, and apparent arbitrariness, with which the party could and would impose its will on people.

From New York Times