In the US, as Amnesty International points out:
Percentage of murder victims annually that are African-American: 50%
Percentage of executions for murder annually where the victim was white: 77%
In the US, as Amnesty International points out:
Percentage of murder victims annually that are African-American: 50%
Percentage of executions for murder annually where the victim was white: 77%
Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page
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