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Table 16.
Number of persons executed by race, Hispanic origin, and method, 1977-2006
| Method of execution |
Number of persons executed |
| |
| White* |
|
Black* |
|
Hispanic |
|
American Indian* |
Asian* |
| |
| Total |
609 |
|
359 |
|
75 |
|
8 |
|
6 |
|
| Lethal injection |
515 |
|
287 |
|
73 |
|
7 |
|
6 |
|
| Electrocution |
81 |
|
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. |
