Which States Allow Hangings?

Since the death penalty was reinstated nationwide in 1976, only three inmates have been hanged, and hanging is only legal in Delaware, New Hampshire, and Washington. Use of the electric chair is currently legal in eight states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.

What states can you still be hung in?

Hanging is allowed as an alternative method of execution in two states: New Hampshire and Washington. The firing squad is an alternative method of execution in three states: Mississippi, Oklahoma and Utah.

Do any US states still use firing squad?

Idaho banned execution by firing squad in 2009, temporarily leaving Oklahoma as the only state utilizing this method of execution (and only as a secondary method).