Bad Angel

By December 31 of 2001, 3,581 offenders in 38 states resided in so called Death Row cells, awaiting legal execution. By the date of this writing, Texas, alone, has executed 456 prisoners: 447 men and 9 women. From December 7, 1982 through June 30, 2004, Texas executed 164 whites, 111 blacks, 46 Hispanics, and 2 individuals racially classified as other (the total for this time range is 323 executions).