concluded that white Americans are more likely to support the death penalty if informed that it is largely applied to black Americans; according to the authors, their findings "may result from changes since 2001 in the effects of racial stimuli on white attitudes about the death penalty or their willingness to express those attitudes in a survey context." References External links Race and the Death Penalty at Death Penalty Information Center Capital punishment in the United States Race in the United States Race and crime in the United States