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Capital punishment facts at a glance
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Since the death penalty was reinstated by the Supreme Court in 1976, more than half of those under sentence of death have been white.

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Prisoners Under Sentence of Death by RaceTrends  Chart [D]
Source: Capital Punishment, 2006 - Statistical Tables

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