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Originally Posted by Rickypt
If blacks make up 13% of the total population in America, yet 42% of all death row inmates, then death row is most certainly disproportionately populated by blacks. No one is saying there are more black people on death row than whites, the key word is "disproportionate".
Interesting and not surprising.
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are they in fact only 13% of the population? I'd venture to say thats not the case in CA
I guess I'll take a quick look at the Census data for CA...
ETA: apparently the total US proportion of Blacks is a little over 12% and in CA, Blacks comprise approx 6%
well, then, are those fact sheets from the Death Penalty Info site to be trusted after all?