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U.S.A. Executions - 1607-1976 |
EXECUTIONS BY CRIME AND RACE - 1608-1991 |
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% |