This article extends Michael L. Radelet’s 1989 study of rare cases in which Whites have been executed for committing capital crimes against Blacks to include an assessment of White executions involving Latinx and Asian victims. The threefold aim is to (1) establish the frequency of such rare cases, and (2) explore the extent to which status characteristics (beyond race, ethnicity or gender) are present for these rare events; and (3) offer social dominance theory as a viable explanation for the patterns found in the data. An analysis of unique data from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows that out of 570 executions imposed between April 1982 and July 2020, only six cases led to the execution of Whites for crimes against Blacks (1.1%), sixteen cases for crimes against Hispanics (2.8%), and one case for crimes against an Asian American (0.18%). Beyond the minority status of the victim, two or more status markers were present when Whites were executed for crimes against people of color. The results, which are consistent with expectations drawn from social dominance theory, highlight the differential value placed on minority lives and call into question the legitimacy of the death penalty in the United States.

本文扩展了 Michael L. Radelet 1989 年对白人因对黑人犯下死刑罪而被处决的罕见案件的研究，包括对涉及拉丁裔和亚洲受害者的白人处决的评估。三个目标是（1）确定此类罕见病例的频率，以及（2）探索这些罕见事件的地位特征（超越种族、民族或性别）的程度；(3) 提供社会支配理论作为对数据中发现的模式的可行解释。对得克萨斯州刑事司法部独特数据的分析表明，在 1982 年 4 月至 2020 年 7 月期间实施的 570 起处决中，只有 6 起案件导致白人因针对黑人的罪行被处决（1.1%），16 起针对西班牙裔的罪行被处决(2.8%)，以及一宗针对亚裔美国人的罪行 (0. 18%）。除了受害者的少数群体身份之外，当白人因针对有色人种的罪行被处决时，还会出现两个或更多的身份标记。结果与社会支配理论的预期一致，突出了对少数人生命的不同价值，并质疑美国死刑的合法性。