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Delaware and the Death Penalty

Delaware allows the death penalty as an option in cases of first-degree murder with aggravating circumstances.

The sentence is death by lethal injection for those whose capital offense was committed after 6/13/86. People whose offense was committed before that date may select lethal injection or hanging.

Minimum age for death penalty: 16 years

Executions 1930-1976: 15

Executions since 1977: 8


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