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Capital Punishment, 2006 - Statistical Tables
Download spreadsheet version (.csv file)| Method of execution | Number of persons executed | ||||||||||
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| White* | Black* | Hispanic | American Indian* | Asian* | |||||||
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| 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 | ||||||
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| *Excludes persons of Hispanic origin. | |||||||||||
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See also Methodology.
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