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Table 10. Executions and other dispositions of inmates sentenced
to death, by race and Hispanic origin, 1977-2007
| |
|
Total under
sentence
of death
1977-2007b |
|
Prisoners executed |
|
Prisoners who received other dispositionsa |
|
|
|
Race/Hispanic
origin |
|
|
Number |
Percent of total |
|
Number |
Percent of total |
| |
| Total |
7,547 |
|
|
1,099 |
|
14.6 |
% |
|
3,228 |
42.8 |
% |
| |
| Whitec |
|
3,681 |
|
|
631 |
|
17.1 |
% |
|
1,584 |
43.0 |
% |
| Blackc |
|
3,096 |
|
|
373 |
|
12.0 |
|
|
1,389 |
44.9 |
|
| Hispanic |
|
652 |
|
|
81 |
|
12.4 |
|
|
209 |
32.1 |
|
| All other racesc,d |
|
118 |
|
|
14 |
|
11.9 |
|
|
46 |
39.0 |
|
| |
| aIncludes persons removed from a sentence
of death because of statutes struck down on appeal, sentences or convictions
vacated, commutations, or death by other than execution. |
| bIncludes 6 persons sentenced to death prior
to 1977 who were still under sentence of death on 12/31/07; 374 persons
sentenced to death prior to 1977 whose death sentence was removed
between 1977 and 12/31/07; and 7,167 persons sentenced to death between
1977 and 2007. |
| cExcludes persons of Hispanic origin. |
| dIncludes American Indians, Alaska Natives,
Asians, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders. |
| |
Source: National Prisoner Statistics Program (NPS-8).
See also Methodology. |
