If Justice is Colorblind, then Injustice Only Sees Color...
by Anthony Sibley (AJ) on Jul 14, 2013 | Views: 1240 | Score: 4
| White | Non-White | Black | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Population | 71 | 28 | 21 |
| Prison Population | 59 | 61 | 57 |
| Death Row Inmates | 38 | 62 | 55 |
| Death Row Exonerees (Wrongful Convictions) | 14 | 86 | 71 |
Demographic Percentages in North Carolina (2008)
Sources:
aclu.org, law.umich.edu
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There is an significant overrepresentation of nonwhites among those wrongly convicted of crimes. Even more unsettling, there is a particularly extreme overrepresentation of wrongful conviction in murder cases where the victim was white, which made up 100% of all cases in which blacks were found wrongfully convicted in North Carolina. Nonwhites make up 28% of the population, but 86% of wrongful convictions.