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The relationship between race and capital punishment in the United States has been studied extensively. As of 2014, 42% of those on death row in the United States were black.[1]

However, this is an under-representation relative to the proportion of convicted murderers; 52.5% of all homicide offenders between 1980 and 2008 were black.[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_capital_punishment_in_the_United_States

A 2006 study led by Jennifer Eberhardt found that defendants who looked more stereotypically black in death penalty cases with white victims were more likely to be sentenced to death, even after numerous other factors were controlled for. People tend to see Black physical traits as directly related to criminality. The synthesis supported a strong race of victim influence.[12]

(Eberhardt, Goff, Purdie, & Davies, 2004; Maddox, 2004).