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List of Defendants executed by year:  (As per the DPIC)

 

1976-1986  1987-1990  1991  1992

1993  1994  1995  1996  1997 1998

1999  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

2005 2006 2007 2008 

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Authorized Methods of Execution:

Lethal Injection

Gas Chamber

Electrocution

Hanging

Firing Squad

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Authorized Methods of Execution by State (As per the DPIC)


AlabamaEffective 7/1/02, lethal injection will be administered unless the inmate requests electrocution.
ArizonaAuthorizes lethal injection for persons sentenced after 11/15/92; those sentenced before that date may select lethal injection or lethal gas.
ArkansasAuthorizes lethal injection for persons whose offense occurred on or after 7/4/83; those who committed their offense before that date may select lethal injection or electrocution.
CaliforniaProvides that lethal injection be administered unless the inmate requests lethal gas.
ColoradoLethal injection is the sole method.
ConnecticutLethal injection is the sole method.
DelawareLethal Injection is the sole method. Hanging was an alternative for those whose offense occurred prior to 6/13/86, but as of July 2003 no inmates on death row were elligible to choose this alternative and Delaware dismantled its gallows.
FloridaAllows prisoners to choose between lethal injection and electrocution
GeorgiaLethal injection is the sole method. (On October 5, 2001, the Georgia Supreme Court held that the electric chair was cruel and unusual punishment and struck down the state's use of the method)
IdahoLethal injection is the sole method as of July 1, 2009.
IllinoisLethal injection is the state's method. However, it authorizes electrocution if lethal injection is ever held to be unconstitutional.
IndianaLethal injection is the sole method.
KansasLethal injection is the sole method.
KentuckyAuthorizes lethal injection for those convicted after March 31, 1998; those who committed the offense before that date may select lethal injection or electrocution
LouisianaLethal injection is the sole method.
MarylandAuthorizes lethal injection for those who were sentenced for a capital offense on or after 3/25/94; those who were sentenced before that date could select lethal injection or lethal gas.
MississippiLethal injection is the sole method.
MissouriAuthorizes lethal injection or lethal gas; the statute leaves unclear who decides what method to use, the inmate or the Director of the Missouri Department of Corrections.
MontanaLethal injection is the sole method.
NebraskaElectrocution was the sole method until the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled the method unconstitutional in February 2008. In May 2009, the Nebraska Legislature approved lethal injection.
NevadaLethal injection is the sole method.
New HampshireAuthorizes hanging only if lethal injection cannot be given.
New MexicoLethal injection is the sole method. New Mexico abolished the death penalty in 2009. However, the act wasn't retroactive, leaving two people on the state's death row.
North CarolinaLethal injection is the sole method.
OhioLethal injection is the sole method.
OklahomaAuthorizes electrocution if lethal injection is ever held to be unconstitutional and firing squad if both lethal injection and electrocution are held unconstitutional.
OregonLethal injection is the sole method.
PennsylvaniaLethal injection is the sole method.
South CarolinaAllows prisoners to choose between lethal injection and electrocution
South DakotaLethal injection is the sole method.
TennesseeAuthorizes lethal injection for those whose capital offense occurred after December 31, 1998; those who committed the offense before that date may select electrocution by written waiver.
TexasLethal injection is the sole method.
UtahAuthorizes firing squad if lethal injection is held unconstitutional. Inmates who selected execution by firing squad prior to May 3, 2004, may still be entitled to execution by that method.
VirginiaAllows prisoners to choose between lethal injection and electrocution
WashingtonProvides that lethal injection be administered unless the inmate requests hanging.
WyomingAuthorizes lethal gas if lethal injection is ever held to be unconstitutional.
U.S. MilitaryLethal injection is the sole method
U.S. GovernmentThe 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 must choose a state with the death penalty for carrying out the execution. For offenses under the 1988 Drug Kingpin Law, the method of executions is lethal injection, pursuant to 28 CFR, Part 26.

 

 

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