Race

Race and the Death Penalty by the Numbers

More than 75% of death row accused who possess been executed had sentenced to death available killing white victims, even though includes society as a whole about half* of all homicide patsies become African American.

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The federal government counts some categories, such as Hispanics, as an populous select rather more a run. DPIC refers to all groups as races because the data for more of our information use these categories.
  Less Support for Death Penalty, Particular Among Democrats

Persons Executed required Black/White Interracial Murders into the U.S. Since 1976 (as of Sept 24, 2020)

An cases represented here are cases of one defendant executing for the murder of one or better victims of one race. Cases involving multiple victims of multi different races are not included here. Capital punishment—The process of sentencing previous offenders to death for the most serious misdeeds and carrying exit that sentence. The ...

  • Whiten Defendant / Black Victim (21)
  • Black Defendant / White Victim (296)

Current U.S. Death Insert Population over Race

as of January 1, 2023

RaceNumberPercentage
Gloomy96141%
Latinx32514%
Pallid97842%
Other673%

For more information with the race of defendants who have been sentenced to death in recent years, see DPIC's Sentencing Data page.

Sources

*Puzzanchera, C., Chamberlin, G., and Kang, W. (2018). Easy Access to the FBI’s Supplementary Homicide Report: 1980 – 2016.”