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Relevancy: Many people believe that minorities are disproportionately sentenced to death.

• kohanz 12y ago
  Then why would the Texas Department of Justice want to draw attention to that?
  • dfc 12y ago
    Because in politics the cover up is often more damaging than the initial transgression? Because the state does not feel that they have done anything wrong and therefore has nothing to gain by appearing to hide information from the public?
    • lrm242 12y ago
      Or because there is nothing to hide? From the data: White 231 (44.9%) Black 190 (36.9%) Hispanic 92 (17.9%) Other 2 (0.4%)
      • Peaker 12y ago
        Aren't blacked extremely over-represented in that list?
      • pathikrit 12y ago
        No Asian person has been executed?
        • dfc 12y ago
          I think Asian is included under other.
      • jeorgun 12y ago
        So the proportion of black Texan executionees being three times higher than the proportion of Black Texans isn't in any way noteworthy?
      • mikeash 12y ago
        How do you start from a table that lists percentages that are completely out of line with the percentages in the general population, and turn that into "there is nothing to hide"?
  • gcb0 12y ago
    ...because it's not.