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Does Colorado allow the death penalty?
Their only method is lethal injection
What options are there for the death penalty in the US?
AnswerLife in prison or the death penaltyAnswerThe 35 states that still have capital punishment were transitioning toward using lethal injection for most executions, when medical evidence indicated the drugs may not be working as expected, and may cause the prisoner to undergo conscious asphyxiation. At least one state (Nevada) has reverted to using the electric chair, and several others have declared a temporary moratorium on executions. A few states allow a choice between injection and one other method, such as the gas chamber, electrocution, hanging, or a firing squad, usually for offenders who were sentenced or committed their crimes before a certain date.Execution Methods by StateAlabama..................Choice of lethal injection or electrocutionArkansas.................Lethal injection (or choice of electrocution if convicted before 1983)Arizona...................Lethal injection (or choice of electrocution if convicted before November 1992)California................Choice of lethal injection or gas chamberColorado.................Lethal injectionConnecticut.............Lethal injectionDelaware................Lethal injection (or choice of hanging if convicted before June 13, 1986)Florida....................Choice of lethal injection or electrocutionGeorgia..................Lethal injectionIdaho.....................Lethal injection (or firing squad if injection is impractical)Illinois....................Lethal injectionIndiana..................Lethal injectionKansas...................Lethal injectionKentucky................Lethal injection (or choice of electrocution if sentenced before March 31, 1998)Louisiana................Lethal injectionMaryland................Lethal injection (or choice of gas chamber if sentenced before March 25, 1994)Missouri.................Choice of lethal injection or gas chamberMississippi..............Lethal injectionMontana.................Lethal injectionNorth Carolina.........Lethal injectionNebraska................Lethal injectionNew Hampshire.......Lethal injection (or hanging if injection is impractical)Nevada..................Lethal injectionOhio......................Lethal injectionOklahoma..............Lethal injection (or electrocution or firing squad if injection is declared unconstitutional)Oregon..................Lethal injectionPennsylvania..........Lethal injectionSouth Carolina........Choice of lethal injection or electrocutionSouth Dakota.........Lethal injectionTennessee..............Lethal injection (or choice of electrocution for offenses before December 31, 1998)Texas....................Lethal injectionUtah.....................Lethal injection (or firing squad if injection is declared unconstitutional)Virginia.................Choice of lethal injection or electrocutionWashington...........Choice of lethal injection or hangingWyoming...............Lethal injection (or gas chamber if injection is declared unconstitutional)Federal.................Method of state where sentence was imposedMilitary.................Lethal injectionAnswerOklahoma was the first jurisdiction to authorize lethal injection May 1977. Texas was the second August 1977. Oklahoma and Texas no longer authorize electrocution but electrocution is designated to supplant lethal injection if lethal injection can't be administered in Oklahoma. Texas executed the first prisoner by lethal injection December 7, 1982.ELECTROCUTIONAlabama, Florida, South Carolina, and Virginia authorize electrocution as an alternative to lethal injection. Ohio similarly authorized electrocution until September 2001. Kentucky and Tennessee authorize electrocution if the prisoner was sentenced to death for crimes committed before legislative dates. (March 31, 1998 and December 31, 1998 respectively.) Arkansas, Illinois, and Oklahoma don't authorize the use of electrocution but electrocution is designated to supplant lethal injection if lethal injection cannot be administered. Florida required electrocution until January 2000. Georgia required electrocution until October 2001. Alabama required electrocution until July 2002. Nebraska required electrocution until February 2008.GASSINGCalifornia authorizes gassing as an alternative to lethal injection. North Carolina similarly authorized gassing until October 1998. Arizona authorizes gassing for prisoners sentenced to death before November 15, 1992. Maryland authorizes gassing if the prisoner was sentenced to death for crimes committed before March 25, 1994. Wyoming no longer authorizes the use of gassing but gassing is designated to supplant lethal injection if lethal injection can't be administered. Missouri either authorizes gassing as an alternative to lethal injection or designates gassing to supplant lethal injection if lethal injection cannot be administered - no one is certain except the State Legislature.HANGINGWashington State authorizes hanging as an alternative to lethal injection. Delaware and New Hampshire no longer authorize hanging but hanging is designated to supplant lethal injection if lethal injection cannot be administered.SHOOTINGUtah authorizes shooting if the prisoner was sentenced to death for crimes committed before May 3, 2004. Oklahoma doesn't authorize the use of shooting but shooting is designated to supplant electrocution if electrocution cannot be administered.JURISDICTIONS THAT FORMERLY AUTHORIZED ELECTROCUTIONAlabama - prescribed method until July 2002.Arkansas - prescribed method until July 1983.Florida - prescribed method until January 2000.Georgia - prescribed method until October 2001.Kentucky - prescribed method until March 1998.Mississippi - prescribed method until September 1954.Nebraska - prescribed method until February 2008.Oklahoma - prescribed method until May 1977.Pennsylvania - prescribed method until November 1990.South Carolina - prescribed method until June 1995.Tennessee - prescribed method until December 1998.Texas - prescribed method until August 1977.
Is there still states that allow firing squads?
yes Idaho and Oklahoma have the firing squad as a method of capital punishment.Answer:None of them do really. Lethal injection is always the first choice for the death penalty. All other methods are only used if lethal injection are found unconstituational.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.
Can you request which way you die if given the death penalty?
Most states that have a death penalty have two methods of execution for the inmate to choose at least 30 days prior to the execution date, or he will receive the primary method. Some states have only one method and that's what they use. One method the states that have two methods is always lethal injection, which is usually the primary method. Some states don't allow you to choose, especially if the current method was used at the time that inmate was convicted. For example if you are convicted in Florida of a capital crime for which you get the death penalty after January, 2000, you will receive lethal injection. If you were convicted before that you can choose the electric chair or lethal injection. If you can but don't make a choice at least 30 days prior to your execution date you will receive lethal injection. Some states allow you to choose your method regardless of conviction date, others have only one method. You cannot choose a method of execution that's not available in that state.
Is Rabies a non-lethal disease?
Unless treated, Rabies is lethal. I messes with the brain and does not allow the infected organism to properly function.
Does Washington DC have a death penalty?
Washington is one of two states that still allows the condemned to choose hanging as an option to lethal injection. Only two inmates have chosen that method since the Supreme Court lifted the moratorium on capital punishment in 1976:Westley Allen Dodd ("the volunteer"), in January 1993Charles Campbell, in May 1994New Hampshire reserves the right to use hanging if lethal injection proves impractical, but has not hanged anyone since executing Howard Long, in July 1939. Long was also the last person executed in New Hampshire, which reinstated the death penalty in January 1991 but seldom uses it.
Is hanging a capital punishment still in US?
Only lethal injection is used at the federal level and only the states of Washington and New Hampshire still retain hanging as an option.In New Hampshire, if it is found to be 'impractical' to carry out the execution by lethal injection, then the condemned will be hanged, and in Washington the condemned still has an outright choice between hanging and lethal injection.Source: "Section 630.5, Procedures in Capital Murder". http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/lxii/630/630-5.htm. Retrieved 2006-04-27.
How many lakes in Kentucky allow boats?
.37
How is capital punishment currently carried out?
In the United States the number one way is through lethal injection. There have been many favored ways to conduct executions, in the U.S. hanging and electrocution were once favored methods, because we are constantly trying to find more humane, less painful ways to execute. Other method that are still used in some cases include firing squad, hanging, the gas chamber, electrocution, and of course lethal injection. For the methods not including lethal injection there are often very specific rules for when they can be used. Some states even allow the condemned to choose which method they would prefer. For more information deathpenaltyinfo.org has a chart that breaks it down by state. The wikipedia page Capital Punishment Debate has a lot of good information about capital punishment as well.
Does Kentucky allow the execution of juveniles?
Yes, in Kentucky it would be legal to execute a juvenile aged 16 or 17.
Who won Gonzales v Oregon?
The Supreme Court ruled that it was OK for doctors to follow state law to allow doctors to prescribe a lethal dose of medication to a competent adult, with the stipulation that two doctors agreed the patient to be within six months of dying from an incurable condition.
How do you electrify a vehicle to keep thievery?
You don't. What you're talking about is potentially lethal, and the laws of lethal force do not allow it to be used to protect property. Someone gets zapped, you'll be the one charged with a crime.
