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New York and the Death Penalty

New York allows the death penalty as an option in cases of first-degree murder with 1 of 10 aggravating circumstances.

The sentence is death by lethal injection.

New York forbids the execution of the mentally retarded (except for murder by a prisoner).

Minimum age for death penalty: "More than" 18

Executions since 1977: 0

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