Wyoming


State update

Link to death penalty statute

Title 6, Chapter 2-101-b

Link to execution statute

Title 7, Chapter 13-904

Date death penalty reenacted

February 28, 1977

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

Yes

How is the sentence determined?

Jury

Location of death row(s)

Rawlins (Women: Lusk)

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

0

Names of people exonerated from death row since 1973

N/A



Execution Method

Lethal Injection,Lethal Gas

Total Executions Since State's Reinstatement of the Death Penalty: 1


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