35 - the number of people put to death this year.
51 - the number of people put to death in Georgia since 1976.
34 - the number of US states that retain the death penalty.
464 - the number of people put to death in Texas since 1976. Texas is by far the state with the most executions annually. It has executed 10 prisoners so far this year.
109 - the number of people executed in Virginia since 1976. Virginia is the state with the second highest number of executions, but has put to death only one person so far this year.
721 - the number of death row inmates in Florida, which has the largest number of prisoners awaiting execution.
62 - the number of women on death row, constituting 1.9 per cent of the death row population.
12 - the number of women executed since 1976
56 - the percentage of executed prisoners who were white.
35 - the percentage of executed prisoners who were black. 7 per cent were Hispanics.
1093 - the number of prisoners put to death by lethal injection since 1976.
Eleven people have been executed in a gas chamber, 3 by hanging and 3 by firing squad.
