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Since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, 878 convicted murderers have been executed in the United States. Of those executed: 10 were female; 22 were under the age of 18 at the time of the murder; 501 (57%) were white and 299 (34%) were black; 711 (81%) were executed by lethal injection, including 225 of the last 227 executions; 151 were executed by electric chair, 11 by gas chamber, 3 by hanging and 2 by firing squad; Executions were held in 32 different states; 310 (35%) were in Texas; 11 were in Indiana; 66 were executed in 2001, and 71 were executed in 2002. (As of November 1, 2003)
(statistics from: The Death Pentaly)

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