Racial Attitudes and the Death Penalty1

Abstract

This study investigated the relationship between overt and subtle forms of racism with Whites' recommendations for capital sentencing of Black and White offenders convicted of murder. White participants (n= 104) viewed 5 other “jurors” (all Whites or 4 Whites and 1 Black) on videotape individually presenting their decisions to vote for the death penalty in the case. It was hypothesized that the bias of high prejudice‐scoring participants would be overt, but that the pattern for low prejudice‐scoring participants would be more complex. As predicted, among high prejudice‐scoring participants, Black defendants received stronger recommendations for the death penalty than did White defendants. Among low prejudice‐scoring White participants, Black offenders received stronger recommendations for the death penalty only when a Black juror advocated the death penalty.

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