New Hampshire


State update

Link to death penalty statute

Section 530:1-III

Link to execution statute

Section 630-5, XIII-XIV

Date death penalty reenacted

January 1, 1991

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)

Concord

Clemency process

Governor has sole authority to grant clemency

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

Determined by the governor and counsel, or their designee

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: 0


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