Race and the death penalty. Whether a convicted murderer gets the deathpenalty seems to

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Race and the death penalty. Whether a convicted murderer gets the deathpenalty seems to be influenced by the race of the victim. Here are data on326 cases in which the defendant was convicted of murder:7White Defendant Black DefendantWhite Black White Blackvictim victim victim victimDeath 19 0 Death 11 6Not 132 9 Not 52 97(a) Use these data to make a two-way table of defendants race (white or black)versus death penalty (yes or no).(b) Show that Simpsons paradox holds: a higher percent of white defendants aresentenced to death overall, but for both black and white victims a higher percentof black defendants are sentenced to death.(c) Use the data to explain why the paradox holds in language that a judge couldunderstand.

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