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title: 'Executions in 2006 Continue Uneven Trends'
description: 'With the execution of Jesus Aguilar in Texas on May 24, there have now been 20 executions in 2006: 50% of the executions have been in Texas 75% have been…'
canonical: 'https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/executions-in-2006-continue-uneven-trends'
section: news
date: '2006-05-25T16:51:04-04:00'
updated: '2025-03-14T14:24:19-04:00'
source: 'Death Penalty Information Center'
---

With the execution of Jesus Aguilar in Texas on May 24, there have now been 20 executions in 2006:

- 50% of the executions have been in Texas
- 75% have been in the South
- 75% of those executed were of minority race
- 62% of the victims in the underlying murders were white.

At the current pace, there would be 48 executions in 2006, a decline from the 60 executions in 2005, though many executions have been stayed while courts consider the lethal injection process.  
 (source: DPIC statistics, May 25, 2006). See [**Executions**](/executions-united-states?did=414&scid=8) and DPIC's [**Execution Database**](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/facts-and-research/data/executions).