In recent years the number of countries which carry out executions has gradually declined. Amnesty includes five non UN-member countries in their figures. Read more from Reality Check. Send us your questions. Image source, Getty Images. Death chamber at a correctional facility in Ohio. Click on the state to obtain specific information about the methods authorized. Military, U. Lethal injection could only still apply if someone capitally charged before July 1, is sentenced to death. To find the drug protocols used by states, see State-by-State Lethal Injection.
The supreme courts of Georgia and Nebraska have ruled that the use of the electric chair violates their state constitutional prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment. They are:. The gas chamber is an alternative method of execution in seven states: Alabama, Arizona, California, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Wyoming. Hanging is allowed as an alternative method of execution in two states: New Hampshire and Washington.
The firing squad is an alternative method of execution in three states: Mississippi, Oklahoma and Utah. Source: Death Penalty Information Center, deathpenaltyinfo. Tennessee has used the electric chair twice in the past year, with a third one scheduled.
Before that, a Virginia death row inmate was put to death on Jan. By Mohammed Hussein. Published On 10 Oct Al Jazeera Executions and sentences in At least people were known to have been executed in , the lowest figure that Amnesty International has recorded over the past decade. Al Jazeera Methods of executions by country in Five different methods of execution were used in Al Jazeera. From: Inside Story. The US allows more methods for execution as 39 countries reject UN resolution on a moratorium.
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