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Colorado and the Death Penalty

Colorado allows the death penalty as an option in the following cases:

first-degree murder
kidnapping resulting in the death of the victim
felony murder

The sentence is death by lethal injection.

Minimum age for death penalty: 18

Colorado forbids the execution of the mentally retarded.

Executions 1930-1976: 47

Executions since 1977: 1


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