Abstract We consider here whether African-Americans executed on death row in Texas are consequently (a) more likely to have committed economically-motivated secondary crimes during the commission of homicide/attempted homicide, and whether these inmates were (b) less likely to express being sorry in their final statements before execution. Our study revealed support for the following hypothesized patterns: Caucasian offenders used a greater number of sorry-related words in their last statements, on average, compared with African-American offenders. In addition, homicides/attempted homicides committed by African-Americans were significantly more likely to have included a secondary economically-motivated crime (e.g., robbery). Subsequent analyses revealed that offender race significantly mediated the effects of economic secondary crime commission and “emotional intensity” on expressed sorrow in final statements.

中文翻译：

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得克萨斯州被处决犯罪者的犯罪动机，情绪和最后陈述的种族动态

摘要我们在这里考虑是否因此而导致（a）在犯下凶杀案/未遂谋杀案期间在德克萨斯州死刑犯处的非洲裔美国人更有可能犯下了经济动机的次要犯罪，这些囚犯是否更不愿意表达在执行前的最终声明中感到抱歉。我们的研究显示了对以下假设模式的支持：与非裔美国人罪犯相比，白种人罪犯在最后一次陈述中平均使用了更多与sorry悔相关的词语。此外，非裔美国人犯下的凶杀案/未遂杀人案显然更可能包括出于经济动机的次要犯罪（例如抢劫）。