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U.S. capital punishment - number of prisoners executed 2020, by ethnicity

Published by Statista Research Department, Jan 4, 2023
In total, 17 inmates were executed in the United States in 2020. Of these, five of the people who were executed were Black. The death penalty is authorized by 27 states and the federal government in the United States.

Number of prisoners executed in the United States in 2020, by ethnicity

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Release date

December 2021

Region

United States

Survey time period

2020

Supplementary notes

The data for white and black inmates include persons of Hispanic/Latino origin.
The data for the total number includes American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asians, Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders.

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