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Link to Coloradans Against the Death Penalty (COADP)

Link to death penalty and execution statute

Colorado Revised Statutes, Title 18 Criminal Code, Article 1.3, Part 12 (18-1.3-1201 to 18-1.3-1207); execution statute in particular is 18-1.3-1202

Date death penalty reenacted

January 1, 1975

Can a defendant get death penalty for a felony in which s/he was not responsible for the murder?

Yes

How is the sentence determined?

Jury

Location of death row(s)

Canon City

Clemency process

Governor has sole authority to grant clemency

Time of execution (in law and/or by custom)

Not specified

Number of people exonerated from death row since 1973

0

Names of people exonerated from death row since 1973

N/A



Execution Method

Lethal Injection

Total Executions Since State's Reinstatement of the Death Penalty: 1


Contact the SDPAC for Colorado

Send a message to the State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator for Colorado. Be sure to include your contact information so they can get back to you.

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