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Mississippi


State update

Link to Mississippians Educating for Smart Justice

Link to death penalty statute

Link to execution statute

Date death penalty reenacted

April 23, 1974

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

Yes; also if they commit some violent crimes against children under the age of 12

How is the sentence determined?

Jury

Location of death row(s)

Parchman (Women: Pearl)

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

3

Names of people exonerated from death row since 1973



Execution Method

Lethal Injection,Lethal Gas

Total Executions Since State's Reinstatement of the Death Penalty: 10


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