10.14. In murder trials5 in 20 Florida counties in two years, the death penalty was given in 19 out of 151 cases in which a white killed a white, in 0 out of 9 cases in which a white killed a black, in 11 out of 63 cases in which a black killed a white, and in 6 out of 103 cases in which a black killed a black.

(a) Construct partial tables relating defendant's race and the death penalty verdict, controlling for victim's race. In those tables, compare the proportions of white and black defendants who received the death penalty.

(b) Constructthe bivariate table, ignoring victim's race. Describe the association, and compare to (a).