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If you take 100 murders, where a white guy killed a white guy, and those murders were similar to 100 murders where a black guy killed a black guy, you would find more blacks getting the death penalty than whites.
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Thought you might find this interesting
There was a book that I read (probably 10 years ago, so I really don't remember the details) that argued that a bigger factor than race alone as to whether on gets the death penalty is the gap in social status between the victim and the perpetrator. The greater the social status difference, the more likely the death penalty was going to be applied. One of the factors (among many) in determining "social status" was race.