causality

Death sentences and race-ethnicity

When data shows that Black Lives literaly Mattered less

Jean-Matthieu Schertzer

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This post will present and explain a situation where Black Lives Mattered less. In Oklahoma, from 1990 to 2012, 143 offenders were sentenced to death. In 2017, Pierce et al.1 collected and analyzed the homicide data (4668 offenders) and the death sentences. It shows that there are several race/ethnicity effects involved in the death sentences outcomes. The paper contains all details. Terminology used (“nonwhite”, “race”) comes from the paper. I don’t like the…