The Death Penalty in Wyoming

How Wyoming law treats death penalty, from the state code and official state agencies.

Short answer: Yes, in law. First-degree murder is punishable by death, life imprisonment without parole or life imprisonment; W.S. 6-2-101(b)-(c), 7-13-904

Death penalty	Yes, in law. First-degree murder is punishable by death, life imprisonment without parole or life imprisonment; a person who was under 18 at the time of the offense can only receive life imprisonment, and a death sentence requires the separate sentencing procedure in W.S. 6-2-102 when the state seeks it. The statute sets the method as lethal injection, with lethal gas if lethal injection is held unconstitutional. Method: https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title07.pdf Source: W.S. 6-2-101(b)-(c), 7-13-904

Death penalty

Yes, in law. First-degree murder is punishable by death, life imprisonment without parole or life imprisonment; a person who was under 18 at the time of the offense can only receive life imprisonment, and a death sentence requires the separate sentencing procedure in W.S. 6-2-102 when the state seeks it. The statute sets the method as lethal injection, with lethal gas if lethal injection is held unconstitutional.

Method: https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title07.pdf

Source: W.S. 6-2-101(b)-(c), 7-13-904

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Does Wyoming have the death penalty?

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