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Table 10. Executions and other dispositions of inmates sentenced to death, by
race and Hispanic origin, 1977-2006
| Race/Hispanic origin |
Total under
sentence
of death
1977-2006b |
Prisoners
executed |
Prisoners who received other dispositionsa |
| |
|
| Number |
Percent of total |
Number |
Percent
of total |
| |
| Total |
7,433 |
|
1,057 |
14.2 |
% |
3,148 |
42.4 |
% |
| Whitec |
|
3,633 |
|
609 |
16.8 |
% |
1,553 |
42.7 |
% |
| Blackc |
|
3,047 |
|
359 |
11.8 |
|
1,348 |
44.2 |
|
| Hispanic |
|
636 |
|
75 |
11.8 |
|
203 |
31.9 |
|
| All other racesc,d |
|
117 |
|
14 |
12.0 |
|
44 |
37.6 |
|
| |
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 12/31/06;
374 persons sentenced to death prior to 1977 whose death sentence was removed
between 1977 and 12/31/06; and 7,053 persons sentenced to death between
1977 and 2006.
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. |
