...and imposition of the death penalty after the Furman decision. In 82 percent of the studies, race of victim was found to influence the likelihood of being...likely to be sentenced to death than those who murdered blacks.3 This finding was remarkably consistent across data sets, states, data collection methods,...

...28 studies, the GAO concluded that ir 82 percent of the studies, the race of the victln "was round to influence the likelihood of being charged with...penalty, ie, those who murdered whites were found to be aore likely to be sentenced to death than those vmo murdered blacks.* 12 The CAO found that this conclusion...

...death.«11 After evaluating 28 studies, the GAO concluded that ir. •2 percent of the studies, the race of the victim "was found to influence the likelihood...murder or receiving the death penalty, ie, those who «urdered whites were found to be mor« likely to be sentenced to death than those who murdered blaoke.*'2...

...and imposition of the death penalty after the Funrnan decision. In 82 percent of the studies, race of victim was found to influence the likelihood of being...likely to be sentenced to death than those who murdered blacks.3 This finding was remarkably consistent across data sets, states, data collection methods,...

...charging, sentencing, and imposition of the death penalty... In 82 percent of the studies, race of victim was found to influence the likelihood of being...with capital murder or receiving the death penalty.* Similar statistics can be found in my area of the country with regard to individuals of Mexican-American...

...and accompanying text. 29 US General Accounting Office, Death Penally Sentencing, Research Indicates percent of the studies race of the victim was found to influence sentencing in capital cases. The GAO report noted that the studies it had reviewed had found racism...

...racial disparities in the charging, sentencing, and imposition of the death penalty. The synthesis found that in 82 percent of the studies, race of the victim...with capital murder or receiving the death penalty. This finding was quite consistent across data sets, data collection methods, and analytic techniques...

...AfricanAmerican.4' Three of the four executed by Mississippi have been AfricanAmerican.42 The report concludes: In 82 percent of the studies, race of the victim was...be more likely to be sentenced to death than those "McCleskeyv. Kemp. 481 US 279 (1987). 38According to the 1990 US census, whites constitute about 71...

...Accounting Office found a pattern of racial disparities in capital sentencing throughout the country: "In 82 percent of the studies, race of the victim...sentenced to death than those who murdered blacks. This finding was remarkably consistent across data sets, states, data collection methods, and analytic...

...Government Accounting Office. This report found that: in 82 percent of the studies, race of victims was found to influence the likelihood of being charged...sentenced to death than those who murdered blacks. This finding was remarkably consistent across data sets, states, data collection methods and analytic...