evidence: A study by the U.S. Department of Justice shows that white-on-white crime is comparable to the rate of so called black-on-black crime [...] A study by the U.S. Department of Justice shows that white-on-white crime is comparable to the rate of so called black-on-black crime. From 1980 to 2008, numbers show that murder was intra-racial. Meaning that the murders happened within the same race. In fact, 84% of white victims were killed by a white offender and 93% of black victims were killed by a black offender. If the rate of intra-racial violence is similar in both races, why does no one talk about white-on-white crime? Also, important to note is Black prisoners convicted of murder are 50% more likely to be innocent than other convicted murderers. One important factor of this phenomenon, is tied to the race of the victim. Those convicted of killing white victims were more likely to be innocent. Though only 15% of murders by black people involve a white victim, 31% exonerated black prisoners were convicted of killing white people.