EXECUTION Methods in U.S.

38 states authorize the death penalty.36 states allow lethal injection.States authorizing the electric chair (in some capacity): Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee.Washington and New Hampshire still allow hanging.Maryland, Missouri and Wyoming authorize gas chamber executions.Firing squad executions can be carried out in Idaho and Utah -- as well as Oklahoma, but only if both lethal injection and electrocution are ruled unconstitutional.South Carolina law is unclear whether the inmate or warden decides between electrocution and lethal injection.Missouri law is unclear whether the inmate or warden decides between lethal injection and the gas chamber.Although most states authorize capital punishment only for convicted murderers, Georgia law also allows the death penalty for kidnapping, treason and aircraft hijacking.