minorities end up with a capital case way more than white defendants Found these numbers from two different research centers (I can guess that at least one other person will jump on me - using a bit of the Socratic method here)
Race of Defendants Executed in the U.S. Since 1976
BLACK 462 35%
LATINO 104 7%
WHITE 753 56%
OTHER 24 2%
Current U.S. Death Row Population by Race
BLACK 1,309 41.93%
LATINO 387 12.4%
WHITE 1,351 43.17%
OTHER 78 2.51%