(a) The data in the following table are taken from an article in the New York Times (April 20, 2001), “Victim’s Race Affects Killer’s Sentence.” The data are from a study of all homicide cases in North Carolina for the period 1993-1997 in which it was possible that a murder conviction would result in the death penalty. Such data have played an important role in the debate about the death penalty in the U.S., the only wealthy western nation which imposes it. Defendant’s Race Victim’s Race Death Penalty No Death Penalty Not White White 33 251 White White 33 508 Not White Not White 29 587 White Not White 4 76
(a) The data in the following table are taken from an article in the New York Times
(April 20, 2001), “Victim’s Race Affects Killer’s Sentence.” The data are from a
study of all homicide cases in North Carolina for the period 1993-1997 in which it
was possible that a murder conviction would result in the death penalty. Such data
have played an important role in the debate about the death penalty in the U.S.,
the only wealthy western nation which imposes it.
Defendant’s Race Victim’s Race Death Penalty No Death Penalty
Not White White 33 251
White White 33 508
Not White Not White 29 587
White Not White 4 76
Does the numbers support that there was no bias in making decisions on death
penalty on the grounds of the Defendent’s Race or Victim’s Race. Is there any
evidence that the combination of the victim’s race and the defendant’s race was
independent of whether the defendant received the death penalty for convicted mur-
derers in North Carolina during the years 1993-1997. What methods should be used
to answer these questions and why?
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