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1. apnews.com › article › united-states-lifestyle-raceReport: Death penalty cases show history of racial disparity

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   Sep 15, 2020 · Of the 57 people on federal death row, 34 are people of color, including 26 Black men, some convicted by all-white juries, the report found. Christopher Vialva, the first Black inmate on federal death row set to die this year, is scheduled to be executed next week.

2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_death_row_inmatesList of death row inmates in the United States - Wikipedia

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   As of July 1, 2024, there were 2,213 death row inmates in the United States, including 49 women. [1] The number of death row inmates changes frequently with new convictions, appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations, or deaths (through execution or otherwise). [2]

3. deathpenaltyinfo.org › policy-issues › raceRace and the Death Penalty by the Numbers

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   Jan 1, 2023 · More than 75% of death row defendants who have been executed were sentenced to death for killing white victims, even though in society as a whole about half* of all homicide victims are African American.

4. deathpenaltyinfo.org › policy-issues › human-rightsRace, Human Rights, and the U.S. Death Penalty

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   From enslavement to lynching, race massacres, the genocide against indigenous peoples, Jim Crow segregation, and immigrant exclusion policies, the United States has a long history of human rights abuses arising out of racial violence and discrimination.

5. deathpenaltyinfo.org › facts-and-research › dpicThe Death Penalty in Black and White: Who Lives, Who Dies ...

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   Jun 4, 1998 · Examinations of the relationship between race and the death penalty, with varying levels of thoroughness and sophistication, have now been conducted in every major death penalty state. In 96% of these reviews, there was a pattern of either race-of-victim or race-of-defendant discrimination, or both.

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6. www.latimes.com › world-nation › storyDeath penalty report traces history of racial disparity - Los ...

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   Sep 15, 2020 · Of the 57 people on federal death row, 34 are people of color, including 26 Black men, some convicted by all-white juries, the report found. Christopher Vialva, the first Black inmate on...

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   What percentage of death row inmates are black?

   • Black and Hispanic people represent 31% of the U.S. population, but 53% of death row inmates—41.9% and 11.3% respectively (American Progress, 2019). The death row population is over 41% Black, even though Black people make up about 13% of the U.S. population (Prison Policy Initiative, 2016).

   NACDL - Race and the Death Penalty

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   Which racial combination is most likely to result in a death sentence?

   • In the Philadelphia study, the racial combination which was most likely to result in a death sentence was a black defendant with a nonblack victim, regardless of how severe the murder committed. Black-on-black crimes were less likely to receive a death sentence, followed by crimes by other defendants, regardless of the race of their victims.

   The Death Penalty in Black and White: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Deci…

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   What is blatant racism in a death penalty case?

   • Blatant racism is seen and heard too often in courtrooms around the country. In death penalty cases, the use of derogatory slurs kindles the flames of prejudice and allows the jury to judge harshly those they wish to scapegoat for the problem of crime. A few examples illustrate the intensity of this racism: “One of you two is gonna hang for this.

   The Death Penalty in Black and White: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Deci…

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   Are death penalty cases racial?

   • In the “modern era” — since states began re-enacting death penalty laws after the Supreme Court struck down existing death penalty statutes in 1972 — executions have been limited to cases in which a victim was killed. That has eliminated the huge racial bias present in death penalty cases for non-lethal offenses.

   Race, Human Rights, and the U.S. Death Penalty

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8. www.nacdl.org › Content › Race-and-the-Death-PenaltyNACDL - Race and the Death Penalty - National Association of ...

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   Dec 7, 2022 · Black and Hispanic people represent 31% of the U.S. population, but 53% of death row inmates—41.9% and 11.3% respectively (American Progress, 2019). The death row population is over 41% Black, even though Black people make up about 13% of the U.S. population (Prison Policy Initiative, 2016).