# Death penalty options in the US?

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**Created:** [February 19, 2004, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-penalty-options-in-the-us/230020 "2004-02-19T15:57:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-penalty-options-in-the-us/230020/1 "2004-02-19T15:57:24Z")

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Utah still has [death by firing squad](http://www.sltrib.com/2004/Feb/02192004/utah/140282.asp) as an option. Most folks are familiar with the choices of electrocution and lethal injection, but what are some of the other options in the US?

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**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-penalty-options-in-the-us/230020/2 "2004-02-19T16:35:24Z")

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[http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?did=121&scid=11](http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?did=121&scid=11)

Basically, there’s the options you’ve listed, plus lethal gas. Washnigton and New Hampshire retain hanging as an option, which was abandoned by Delaware last year (they dismatled their gallows). There’s a few states other than Utah which have the firing squad as a secondary option.