Blair et al. (2004) reported that over a two-decade period, Black males convicted of murdering a White defendant were doubly likely to be sentenced to death if:
A. the murder was violent.
B. the jurors were older.
C. the jurors were inexperienced.
D. they had more stereotypically Afrocentric features.
Answer: D
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