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



Execution Method

Lethal Injection,Lethal Gas

Total Executions Since State's Reinstatement of the Death Penalty: 5


Contact the SDPAC for Maryland

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