Which States Use Electrocution?

Many states have halted executions, whether by abolishing the death penalty or by simply not carrying out executions. And a few states have turned to alternative methods of execution. Eight states allow electrocution: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Tennessee as well as South Carolina.

Do any US states still use the electric chair?

Mississippi, Oklahoma and Utah already allow it, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, a not-for-profit group. Nine states allow the electric chair. ... In the US, capital punishment primarily affects people of color.

Do any states still use firing squad execution?

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).