2. Capital Punishment:Facts

3. Racial makeup of those executed Of persons executed in 1999: -- 61 were white -- 33 were black -- 2 were American Indian -- 2 were Asian

4. 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 1998. All had committed murder.

5. Prisoners on death row by race Of persons under sentence of death in 1999: -- 1,948 were white -- 1,514 were black -- 28 were American Indian -- 24 were Asian -- 13 were classified as "other race."