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Table 16. Number of persons executed by race, Hispanic origin,
and method, 1977-2007
Method of
execution |
|
Number of persons
executed |
|
|
| |
White* |
Black* |
Hispanic |
American
Indian* |
Asian* |
| |
| Total |
631 |
373 |
81 |
|
8 |
|
6 |
|
| |
| Lethal injection |
|
536 |
301 |
79 |
|
7 |
|
6 |
|
| Electrocution |
|
82 |
69 |
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
| Lethal gas |
|
8 |
3 |
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
| Hanging |
|
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
| Firing squad |
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
| |
| *Excludes persons of Hispanic origin. |
| |
Source: National Prisoner Statistics Program (NPS-8).
See also Methodology. |
