Analyzing race, sentence severity, and time between conviction and exoneration
5/5/23
The criminal justice system in the United States has been under scrutiny for its disproportionate impact on minority communities.
We want to investigate:
how race affects the severity of the sentences exonerees receive
how length of time between conviction and exoneration, severity of crime, and sentence are related
race | num | prop |
---|---|---|
Asian | 32 | 0.0097442144 |
Black | 1724 | 0.5249695493 |
Black;#White | 1 | 0.0003045067 |
Don't Know | 7 | 0.0021315469 |
Hispanic | 400 | 0.1218026797 |
Native American | 22 | 0.0066991474 |
Native American;#White | 1 | 0.0003045067 |
Other | 19 | 0.0057856273 |
White | 1078 | 0.3282582217 |
Asian, Black, White, Hispanic, and Native American exonerees appear the most in the data set
Native American and Black exonerees often spend longer between conviction and exoneration than exonerees of other races.
Significance of results at 5% significance level: Hispanic Exonerees vs White Exonerees
Significance of results at 5% significance level: Black Exonerees vs White Exonerees, Sentence Severity