The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area Non-Discrimination Among the 3,125 people currently on death row in the United States, “black” people make up 41.9 per cent, while less than 15 per cent of Americans are “black”.126 Of the 78 death sentences imposed in 2012, 49 per cent involved “blacks”, 40 per cent “whites”, 9 per cent “Latino” and 1 per cent of others.127 On 17 June 2013, the Center for Constitutional Rights and the International Federation for Human Rights reported that California and Louisiana are “… imposing the death penalty in racially discriminatory ways”.128 These two NGOs stated that “African Americans” are over-represented on death row in both states, while juries in death penalty cases are overwhelmingly “white”. On 10 June 2013, in North Carolina, the State’s Racial Justice Act from 2009, which allowed death row inmates to challenge their sentences on racial grounds, was repealed by the Governor.129 He claimed that the Act “created a judicial loophole to avoid the death penalty and not a path to justice.”130 126  Death Row USA, op.cit., note 107; according to the 2010 Census 13.6 per cent of the United States population self-identifies as “Black”. 127  Death Sentences in 2012, op.cit., note 110. 128  “Human Rights Groups Release Preliminary Death Penalty Findings: Missions to California, Louisiana find torture, discrimination”, FIDH.org, 17 June 2013, <http://www.fidh.org/human-rights-groups-release-preliminary-death-penalty-findings-missions-to-13478>. 129  “Racial Justice Act repealed in North Carolina, CNN News, 21 June 2013, <http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/20/ justice/north-carolina-death-penalty>. 130  Ibid. 30