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Method of execution |
Number of persons executed | |
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White* | Black* | Hispanic | American Indian* |
Asian* | ||||||
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Total | 631 | 373 | 81 | 8 | 6 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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*Excludes persons of Hispanic origin. | ||||||||||
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