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Bureau of Justice Statistics / U.S. Executions Up for First Time in Three Years/ Nov 2003 Release
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Execution Methods in the U.S.
Alabama: lethal injection unless the inmate requests electrocution.
Arizona: lethal injection for inmates sentenced after November 1992. Those sentenced before that date may choose lethal injection or lethal gas.
Arkansas: lethal injection for persons committing a capital offense after July 4 1983. Those who committed the offense before that date may choose lethal injection or electrocution.
California: lethal injection unless the inmate requests lethal gas.
Colorado: lethal injection.
Connecticut: lethal injection.
Delaware: lethal Injection with hanging an alternate if the offense occurred before June 13 1986.
Florida: inmates may choose between lethal injection and electrocution.
Georgia: lethal injection.
Idaho: lethal injection. (Firing squad, but if lethal injection is impractical)
Illinois: lethal injection.
Indiana: lethal injection
Kansas: lethal injection.
Kentucky: lethal injection for inmates convicted after March 31 1998. Inmates who committed the offense before that date may select lethal injection or electrocution.
Louisiana: lethal injection.
Maryland: lethal injection for inmates whose capital offenses occurred on or after March 25 1994. Those inmates who committed the offense before that date may select lethal injection or lethal gas.
Mississippi: lethal injection.
Missouri: lethal injection or lethal gas.
Montana: lethal injection.
Nebraska: electrocution.
Nevada: lethal injection.
New Hampshire: hanging if lethal injection cannot be given.
New Jersey: lethal injection.
New Mexico: lethal injection.
New York: lethal injection.
North Carolina: lethal injection.
Ohio: lethal injection.
Oklahoma: lethal injection.
Oregon: lethal injection.
Pennsylvania: lethal injection.
South Carolina: Inmates may choose between lethal injection and electrocution.
South Dakota: lethal injection.
Tennessee: lethal injection for those sentenced after January 1 1999. Inmates sentenced before that date may choose between the electric chair and lethal injection.
Texas: lethal injection.
Utah: inmates may choose between lethal injection and firing squad.
Virginia: inmates may choose between lethal injection and electrocution.
Washington: lethal injection unless the inmate requests hanging.
Wyoming: lethal injection.
U.S. Military: lethal injection.
U.S. Government: method of execution of Federal prisoners for offenses under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 is that of the state in which the conviction took place, pursuant to 18 USC 3596. If the state has no death penalty, the judge may chose the method of another state. For offenses under the 1988 Drug Kingpin Law, the method of executions is lethal injection, pursuant to 28 CFR, Part 26. Source: (Bureau of Justice Statistics, Capital Punishment 1996 Bulletin, Table 2 Dec. 1997; updated by DPIC) |
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