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Reply #44: I will take up this one stat you've given: [View All]

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Autonomy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-05-05 12:29 PM
Response to Reply #37
44. I will take up this one stat you've given:
"Woman generally commit a little over 10% of the solved murders, and interracial murders account for a little over 10% of solved murders. If you figure about 20,000 murders a year, what makes you think there are so few white women murdering black or hispanic men?"

So that's 10% of 20,000, which is 2000 murders by women. 10% of that, or 200, are interracial murders by women. Now what percentage of murders by women are first-degree murders? What percentage of that number are capital murders? (I know that the victims of women convicted of murder were, by a much higher percentage, either intimate relations or blood relatives, which overall decreases the average degree of murder and the sentencing guidelines.) What percentage of that number are committed by wealthy women? And finally, what percentage of that number were white?

I honestly can't find those stats, but I am guessing the number is so extremely rare that no statistical trends could be formulated. My guess: less than 1 per year on average. But if someone comes up with some numbers we'll see.
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