EXECUTION DATA, THEN TO NOW
EXECUTIONS BY CRIME AND RACE 1608 TO 1991
CRIME # % BLACK WHITE HISPANIC NAT. AMER. ASIAN ? Or OTHER
? 399 2.73% 298 32 4 22   43
ACCESSORY TO MUR 36 0.25% 5 6   23   2
ADULTERY 2 0.01%   2        
AID RUNAWAY SLVE 20 0.14% 2 18        
ARSON 97 0.66% 84 12       1
ATTEMPTED MURDER 62 0.42% 55 6       1
ATTEMPTED RAPE 82 0.56% 79 1       2
BURG-ATT RAPE 16 0.11% 16          
CONCEALING BIRTH 4 0.03%   3       1
CONSP TO MURDER 84 0.57% 8 66   10    
COUNTERFEITING 31 0.21%   28       3
CRIMINAL ASSAULT 1 0.01% 1          
DESERTION 40 0.27%   39   1    
FORGERY 21 0.14%   6       15
GUERILLA ACTIVIT 7 0.05%   7        
HORSE STEALING 51 0.35% 9 39       3
HOUSEBRKNG-BURGL 251 1.72% 114 92       45
KIDNAPPING 11 0.08%   6   5    
MURDER 8,412 57.48% 3,831 3,558 208 248 126 441
MURDER-ARSON 15 0.10% 12 3        
MURDER-BURGLARY 140 0.96% 64 66 4 1 1 4
MURDER-KIDNAP 28 0.19% 2 25     1  
MURDER-RAPE 405 2.77% 179 196 16 4   10
MURDER-RAPE-ROB 59 0.40% 42 16   1    
MURDER-ROBBERY 2,464 16.84% 973 1,335 54 30 14 58
MURDR-ROB-KIDNAP 5 0.03%   4   1    
OTHER 23 0.16% 4 19        
PIRACY 130 0.89% 3 93 6     28
POISONING 59 0.40% 58 1        
PRISN BRK-KIDNAP 2 0.01%   2        
RAPE 947 6.47% 843 79 5 5   15
RAPE-ROBBERY 41 0.28% 33 6 2      
RIOTING 4 0.03% 2 2        
ROBBERY 158 1.08% 60 63       35
SLAVE REVOLT 277 1.89% 251 25   1    
SODMY-BUGGRY-BST 15 0.10% 1 9 1     4
SPYING-ESPIONAGE 27 0.18%   27        
THEFT-STEALING 23 0.16% 12 8 2 1    
TREASON 43 0.29% 2 39       2
UNSPEC FELONY 107 0.73% 96 11        
WITCHCRAFT 35 0.24% 1 34        
TOTALS 14,634 100.00% 7,140 5,984 302 353 142 713
%'s 100.0%   48.8% 40.9% 2.1% 2.4% 1.0% 4.9%
FEMALES 357 2.4%
MALES 14124 96.5%
UNKNOWN 153 1.1%
TOTAL 14634 100.0%
HANGING 9321 63.69%
SHOT 142 0.97%
ELECTROCUTION 4365 29.83%
ASPHYXIATION-GAS 587 4.01%
BURNED 66 0.45%
INJECTION 56 0.38%
BREAK ON WHEEL 12 0.08%
BLUDGEONED 2 0.01%
PRESSING 1 0.01%
HUNG IN CHAINS 9 0.06%
GIBBETTED 6 0.04%
OTHER 24 0.16%
? 43 0.29%
TOTAL 14634 100.00%