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Death Row Inmates 2005

Explore the statistics and racial bias in death penalty cases involving interracial murders in the United States since 1976, highlighting disparities in sentencing and wrongful convictions.

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Death Row Inmates 2005

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  1. Death Row Inmates 2005 BLACK 41.7%HISPANIC10.4%WHITE45.5%OTHER2.3%

  2. PERSONS EXECUTED FOR INTERRACIAL MURDERS IN THE U.S. SINCE 1976 • The cases are of one defendant executed for the murder of one or more victims of one race. White Defendant / Black Victim (12) Black Defendant / White Victim (202)

  3. Death Row • Even though blacks and whites are murder victims in nearly equal numbers of crimes, 80% of people executed since the death penalty was reinstated have been executed for murders involving white victims. • More than 20% of black defendants who have been executed were convicted by all-white juries.

  4. Death Penalty and Race Statistics • Statistically, defendants are much more likely to be sentenced to death if they have killed a white person (than if the victim is of another race) • Further, black defendants are more likely to be sentenced to death (compared to whites)

  5. Wrongly Convicted • In 1989 we began using DNA in crime solving • There have been 328 exonerations since this time. • Only 18 states have compensation laws • Some states cap compensation at $300,000 • Crime still on record even after exoneration • 75% of wrongly convicted are minorities

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