“…with Texas in first place and Oklahoma at No. 2. (Oklahoma, with its much smaller population, actually has a higher execution rate than Texas does.)”
This is not how you calculate the rate of execution.
One must compare the number of executed inmates to the total population of death row inmates not the population of the whole state.
“…with Texas in first place and Oklahoma at No. 2. (Oklahoma, with its much smaller population, actually has a higher execution rate than Texas does.)”
This is not how you calculate the rate of execution.
One must compare the number of executed inmates to the total population of death row inmates not the population of the whole state.
This is the same error that claims blacks are sentenced to death at a higher rate than whites. The statistic compares DP by national percentage of black people ~13% rather than comparing that number to the total number of convicted murderers.
“…with Texas in first place and Oklahoma at No. 2. (Oklahoma, with its much smaller population, actually has a higher execution rate than Texas does.)”
This is not how you calculate the rate of execution.
One must compare the number of executed inmates to the total population of death row inmates not the population of the whole state.
This is the same error that claims blacks are sentenced to death at a higher rate than whites. The statistic compares DP by national percentage of black people ~13% rather than comparing that number to the total number of convicted murderers.