Peterson (2001) reports data on a study by Unah and Boger (2001) examining the death penalty in North Carolina from 1993–1997. The data in the table below 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.

Death Sentence Defendant’s Race Yes No Total Nonwhite 33 251 284

(22.72) (261.28)

White 33 508 541

(43.28) (497.72)

66 759 825 What can we conclude about the fairness of sentencing?