Where and How the States Execute

<p>Wyoming is the only jurisdiction in the United States that authorizes the death penalty but isn&rsquo;t equipped with an actual execution chamber. The only execution there was carried out in 1992 in what prison officials reported as a transformed holding cell. The Department of Corrections has stated that they will use the parole meeting room at the Wyoming State Penitentiary in an event of an execution. Although, it doesn&rsquo;t look like that will be happening any time soon considering the state has no inmates on death row.</p> <p>All jurisdictions authorize the use of lethal injection, the primary method of execution in the United States. It was developed as a more humane way to put people to death, replacing the electric chair. Some states authorize other methods. The other authorized methods are electrocution, lethal gas, hanging, and firing squad. Hanging and lethal gas are as good as abandoned nowadays, taking into account that the last executions using these methods were in the 1990s.</p> <p><a href="https://deathrowwatcher.medium.com/where-and-how-the-states-execute-e43e1d290fcb"><strong>Learn More</strong></a></p>
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