Authorized Methods of Execution
(click the state to get specific information about the methods authorized)
Method # of executions by method since 1976 # of states authorizing method Jurisdictions that Authorize
Lethal Injection 1227 34 states + U.S. Military and U.S. Gov't Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado,Connecticut*, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho,Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi,Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico*, North Carolina, Ohio,Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina,South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia,Washington, Wyoming, U.S. Military, U.S. Government
*New Mexico and Connecticut abolished the death penalty but their laws were not retroactive, leaving inmates on death row in each state.
To find the drug protocols used by states, see State-by-State Lethal Injection.
Electrocution 158 8 states (all have lethal injection as primary method). Tenn. would impose the electric chair if lethal injection drugs cannot be obtained. Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky,[Oklahoma], South Carolina, Tennessee,Virginia
Gas Chamber 11 4 states (all have lethal injection as primary method) Arizona, California, Missouri, [Wyoming]
Hanging 3 3 states (all have lethal injection as primary method) Delaware, New Hampshire, Washington
Firing Squad 3 2 states (all have lethal injection as primary method) [Oklahoma], Utah
Utah no longer offers the firing squad as an option, but would allow it only for inmates who chose this method prior to its elimination .
Oklahoma offers firing squad only if lethal injection and electrocution are found unconstitutional.
NOTE: states in [brackets] authorize the listed method only if a current method is found unconstitutional (see state description, below, for more information).

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