- Capital punishment in Idaho
Capital punishment is legal in theU.S. state ofIdaho .Current development
Capital punishment was reinstated in Idaho on
July 7 ,1973 [ [http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/state/ Death Penalty Information Center ] ] , after theUnited States Supreme Court struck down all death penalty statutes across the country in 1972Furman v. Georgia decision. The 1976 caseGregg v. Georgia lifted an almost ten-year moratorium of executions in theUnited States , but Idaho waited until 1994 to execute their first inmate.Capital crimes
Three crimes in Idaho are punishable by death [ [http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?did=144&scid=10 Crimes Punishable by the Death Penalty ] ] :
* First-degree murder with aggravating factors
* Aggravated kidnapping
* Perjury resulting in deathentencing and clemency
Sentencing is determined by
jury . Currently 19 inmates (including one woman) awaiting execution ondeath row , located in Boise for men and in Pocatello) [ [http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/state/ Death Penalty Information Center ] ] for women.Idaho is one of the very few states, where commutation of the death sentences is determined solely by Board, on which the
Governor of Idaho does not sit [ [http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?did=126&scid=13 Clemency ] ] . This makes for an unusual situation, as the Governor has no influence over the commutation process.Only two other states (Georgia and
Connecticut ) share the same system, while inNebraska ,Utah andNevada the Governor sits on the board [ [http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?did=126&scid=13 Clemency ] ] .Only one person received a commutation of a death sentence since 1973 (
Donald Paradis in April 1994). His sentence was later overturned and he was freed due to innocence) [ [http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?did=126&scid=13 Clemency ] ] .Methods of execution
Lethal injection andFiring squad are the methods of execution by the State of Idaho. However,firing squad is authorized only if injection is "impractical." [ [http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?scid=8&did=245#state Methods of Execution ] ]Individual executed by the State of State of Idaho
Only one inmate was executed in Idaho after 1977.
Historical
In pre-Furman period Idaho executed 26 men between 1864 and 1957. 14 of these execution were prior to
Statehood , 12 since. Idaho has never executed a woman and all executions were carried out byhanging [ [http://users.bestweb.net/~rg/execution/regional_studies_the_west.htm Regional Studies The West ] ] .External links
* [http://users.bestweb.net/~rg/execution/IDAHO.htm List of Idaho's pre-Furman executions]
* [http://corrections.state.id.us/facts/death_row.htm Death Sentences] . "Idaho Department of Correction". Retrieved on2007-11-05 .
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