Research and reports Submissions. Give regularly. Get refugees to safety End the death penalty. There are no new notifications. View Alerts. Lethal injection Carried out in: China, Vietnam, USA The lethal injection generally consists of three chemicals: sodium pentotal an anaesthetic , pancuronium bromide used to paralyse the prisoner and potassium chloride used to stop the heart.
Electrocution Carried out in: USA After the prisoner is shaved and strapped to a chair, a metal skullcap-shaped electrode is attached to their scalp and forehead over a sponge moistened with saline. Shooting Carried out in: China, Indonesia, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Taiwan, Yemen Execution by firing squad typically involves the prisoner being bound to a chair sitting or a pole standing , with a black hood pulled over their head.
Article written by Katie Young, Online Editor. Related Posts Death penalty Global. Death penalty: No matter the method, never humane 12 March pm. Responsive Campaigning Middle East. Syria: Video showing beheading of boy further evidence of abuses by armed groups 21 July am. The Supreme Court has never found a method of execution to be unconstitutional, though some methods have been declared unconstitutional by state courts.
The predominance of lethal injection as the preferred means of execution in all states in the modern era may have put off any judgment by the Court regarding older methods. Because of a resistance by drug manufacturers to provide the drugs typically used in lethal injections, some states now allow the use of alternative methods if lethal injection cannot be performed.
Controversies surrounding the method to be used have delayed executions in many states, contributing to an overall decline in the use of the death penalty.
Click on the state to obtain specific information about the methods authorized. Military, U. Texas was the first state to use the method, in In , South Carolina became the first state to depart from using lethal injection as a primary execution method.
It is the only state in which electrocution is primary, with firing squad and lethal injection, authorized by statute as secondary methods of execution. In addition to South Carolina, 15 other states have a secondary method of execution authorized by statute. Secondary methods of execution include electrocution, lethal gas, hanging, nitrogen hypoxia, and firing squad.
For example, see La Grand v. Stewart, F. The purple states only have a single method: lethal injection. Blue states have secondary methods of execution. Click on those states to display details on secondary methods.
The gray states do not have capital punishment. Note that Colorado and New Hampshire prospectively abolished capital punishment. In Colorado, the governor commuted the sentences of those on death row, but defendants with pending cases at the time of abolition are still eligible for execution and the execution statute is still valid. In New Hampshire one individual remains on death row. The purple states only have a single method: lethal injection and blue states have both a primary and a secondary method.
Click on those states to display details on specific methods. Over the past decade, several U.
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