are more likely than black defendants to receive plea agreements in federal death penalty cases. An analysis of 146 cases prosecuted since Congress reinstated the federal death penalty in 1988 shows that while 60% of white defendants have avoided capital punishment through plea bargaining, only 41% of black defendants have reached the same agreements with federal prosecutors. (Chicago Tribune, 7/24/00)http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/bibliography.html- for more sourcessites to use: http://www.ncadp.org/stats.htmlhttp://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/feddp.htmlhttp://www.prodeathpenalty.com/...
