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Which of the Following Is False Regarding the Death Penalty

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Which of the following is false regarding the death penalty?


A) Nearly half of white defendants were able to avoid the death penalty through plea bargaining.
B) Only 25 percent of black defendants and 28 percent of Hispanic defendants were able to plead guilty in exchange for life sentences.
C) Indigenous defendants were even more likely than black and Hispanic defendants to receive the death penalty.
D) Black defendants were more likely to receive the death penalty than similar white defendants, and even more so than whites who had committed more heinous murders.
E) Those who killed whites were much more likely to receive the death penalty than those whose victims were not white.

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