Maryland
State update
Link to Maryland Coalition Against State Executions
Link to death penalty and execution statute
Death Penalty Statute - Criminal Law, Title 2, Subtitle 2 (§ 2-202); Execution Statute – Criminal Law, Title 2, Subtitle 3 (§ 2-303, (k)-(2)-(i))
Date death penalty reenacted
July 1, 1975
Can a defendant get death penalty for a felony in which s/he was not responsible for the murder?
No
How is the sentence determined?
Jury
Location of death row(s)
Baltimore
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
1
Names of people exonerated from death row since 1973
Kirk Bloodsworth, 1993
