Capital Punishment:Facts
Racial makeup of those executed Of persons executed in 1999: were white were black -- 2 were American Indian -- 2 were Asian
Prisoners under the Death Sentence At yearend 1999, 37 States and the Federal prison system held 3,527 prisoners under sentence of death, 2% more than at yearend All had committed murder.
Prisoners on death row by race Of persons under sentence of death in 1999: -- 1,948 were white -- 1,514 were black were American Indian were Asian were classified as "other race."