1. Death Row Inmates 2005 BLACK 41.7% HISPANIC 10.4% WHITE 45.5% OTHER 2.3%

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

6. Death Row