US States without the death penalty:
Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin, District of Columbia
US States with death penalty, their method of execution, and number executed:
Alabama, electrocution, 30
Arizona, choice of lethal injection or gas, 22
Arkansas, choice of lethal injection or electrocution, 26
California, choice of lethal injection or gas, 11
Colorado, lethal injection, 1
Connecticut, lethal injection, 0
Delaware, choice of lethal injection or hanging, 13
Florida, choice of lethal injection or gas, 59
Georgia, electrocution, 37
Idaho, lethal injection or firing squad, 1
Illinois, lethal injection, 12
Indiana, lethal injection, 11
Kansas, lethal injection, 0
Kentucky, lethal injection, 2
Louisiana, lethal injection, 27
Maryland, choice of lethal injection or gas, 4
Mississippi, lethal injection, 6
Missouri, choice of lethal injection or gas, 61
Montana, lethal injection, 2
Nebraska, electrocution, 3
Nevada, lethal injection, 11
New Hampshire, lethal injection or hanging, 0
New Jersey, lethal injection, 0
New Mexico, lethal injection, 1
New York, lethal injection, 0
North Carolina, lethal injection, 34
Ohio, choice of lethal injection or electrocution, 15
Oklahoma, lethal injection or firing squad, 75
Oregon, lethal injection, 2
Pennsylvania, lethal injection, 3
South Carolina, choice of lethal injection or electrocution, 32
South Dakota, lethal injection, 0
Tennessee, choice between lethal injection or electrocution, 1
Texas, lethal injection, 339
Utah, choice between lethal injection or firing squad, 6
Virginia, choice between lethal injection or electrocution, 94
Washington, choice between lethal injection or hanging, 4
Wyoming, lethal injection, 1
Both the US Federal Government (default method is lethal injection but can be determined by the state the crime was committed in, 3 executed) as well as the military also have the death penalty.
All states with multiple execution methods either default to lethal injection or allow the convicted to choose between the options. In some states, the method(s) other than lethal injection are there just to be able to proceed with executions if lethal injection is suddenly deemed unconstitutional or for some reason impractical.
I am trying to keep this as up-to-date as possible though some of the numbers are probably a little off.
Last Updated: 2005-03-01