Peterson (2001) reports data on a study by Unah and Boger (2001) examining the death penalty in North Carolina from 1993 to 1997. The data in the following table show the outcome of sentencing for white and nonwhite (mostly black and Hispanic) defendants when the victim was white. The expected frequencies are shown in parentheses.

What can we conclude about the fairness of sentencing?

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Death Sentence Yes Total 284 541 825 Defendant's Race No Nonwhite 251 (22.72) (261.28) White 508 (43.28) (497.72) 759