Black on White crime....here are some more interesting statistics:
The race of the victim and the race of the defendant in capital cases are major factors in determining who gets the death penalty.
Race and the Death Penalty Death Penalty Information Center
- According to a recent study by Professor Katherine Beckett of the University of Washington, jurors in Washington are three times more likely to recommend a death sentence for a black defendant than for a white defendant in a similar case.
- 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.
Where's the outrage? The riots? geez....
Could be true...but I am a little bit dubious. No two cases are the same. The use of the word "similar" is a fudge word that statistically means nothing.
What are the facts of each case in the sample? That is the critical question.
A second question is sample size. Washington is a pretty damn white state. How many cases were reviewed?
I would like to see national data. In other words a large sample size. Control for only two variables. Race of the defendant and make each case a capital murder charge.
If blacks are sentenced for execution more frequently than whites in such a scenario than yeah....you have an excellent point.
***EDIT****
Coyote....sorry...I have to call bullshit. I just looked up some data. The State of Washington has had only 8 people sentenced for execution since 2011. None have been executed. Only five people have been executed in Washington since 1977.
Executions by State and Year Death Penalty Information Center
Also, more whites have been executed than blacks in the State of Washington. More bullshit.
Race of Death Row Inmates Executed Since 1976 Death Penalty Information Center
The sample sizes are so small they are statistically meaningless. Sorry Coyote....Academia is left-wing as shit. The left virtually always lies or distorts in an attempt to make a politically correct point....(see Obama). I am always dubious when the left attempts to foist a PC or racial charge. Not your fault....but the post = fail.