murder of a peace officer or correctional officer
murder while under a life sentence
murder by a bomb or explosive
contract murder
murder committed during specific felonies (rape, burglary, kidnapping, arson, robbery, sexual battery, unnatural intercourse with a child, nonconsensual unnatural intercourse)
murder of an elected official
capital rape
aircraft piracy
The sentence is death by lethal injection.
Minimum age for death penalty: 16
Executions 1930-1976: 158
Executions since 1977: 4
