Delaware


State update

Link to Delaware Citizens Opposed to the Death Penalty

Link to death penalty and execution statute

Execution statute in particular is Section (f)

Date death penalty reenacted

March, 29, 1974

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

Yes; also if they pay or conspire to pay someone else to commit the murder

How is the sentence determined?

Judge may override a jury decision

Location of death row(s)

Smyrna (Women: Claymont)

Clemency process

Governor has authority to grant clemency with nonbinding advice

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

Between 12:01 am and 3:00 am

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,Hanging

Total Executions Since State's Reinstatement of the Death Penalty: 14


Contact the SDPAC for Delaware

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

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