- Though many people believe that prosecution of Capital Punishment cases is bias, there is no evidence available that presents this to be true.
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Many say that African - Americans are sent to death row more often, but
truthfully, only 42% of people on death row are blacks.
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The graph below shows that blacks
have, in fact, been executed in greater numbers than whites and other races.
However, when compared to the number of whites to blacks in prison, whites
have a much higher percentage of being killed for their crime. The rate
of whites on death row is unproportionate 49%.
Source: Alaska.edu