| States (A to Z) |
Description |
| Alabama |
Intentional murder with 18 aggravating factors (Ala. Stat. Ann. 13A-5-40(a)(1)-(18)). |
| Arizona |
First-degree murder accompanied by at least 1 of 10 aggravating factors (A.R.S. § 13-703(F)). (Excludes mentally retarded persons from capital sentencing) |
| Arkansas |
Capital murder (Ark. Code Ann. 5-10-101) with a finding of at least 1 of 10 aggravating circumstances; treason. (Excludes mentally retarded persons from capital sentencing) |
| California |
First-degree murder with special circumstances; train wrecking; treason; perjury causing execution. (Excludes mentally retarded persons from capital sentencing) |
| Colorado |
First-degree murder with at least 1 of 17 aggravating factors; treason. (Excludes mentally retarded persons from capital sentencing) |
| Connecticut |
Capital felony with 8 forms of aggravated homicide (C.G.S. 53a-54b). (Excludes mentally retarded persons from capital sentencing) |
| Delaware |
First-degree murder with aggravating circumstances. (Excludes mentally retarded persons from capital sentencing) |
| Florida |
First-degree murder; felony murder; capital drug trafficking; capital sexual battery. (Excludes mentally retarded persons from capital sentencing) |
| Georgia |
Murder; kidnaping with bodily injury or ransom when the victim dies; aircraft hijacking; treason. (Excludes mentally retarded persons from capital sentencing) |
| Idaho |
First-degree murder with aggravating factors; aggravated kidnaping; perjury resulting in death. (Excludes mentally retarded persons from capital sentencing) |
| Illinois |
First-degree murder with 1 of 21 aggravating circumstances. (Excludes mentally retarded persons from capital sentencing) |
| Indiana |
Murder with 16 aggravating circumstances (IC 35-50-2-9). (Excludes mentally retarded persons from capital sentencing) |
| Kansas |
Capital murder with 8 aggravating circumstances (KSA 21-3439). (Excludes mentally retarded persons from capital sentencing) |
| Kentucky |
Murder with aggravating factors; kidnaping with aggravating factors (KRS 532.025). (Excludes mentally retarded persons from capital sentencing) |
| Louisiana |
First-degree murder; aggravated rape of victim under age 12; treason (La. R.S. 14:30, 14:42, and 14:113). (Excludes mentally retarded persons from capital sentencing) |
| Maryland |
First-degree murder, either premeditated or during the commission of a felony, provided that certain death eligibility requirements are satisfied. (Excludes mentally retarded persons from capital sentencing) |
| Mississippi |
Capital murder (97-3-19(2) MCA); aircraft piracy (97-25-55(1) MCA). |
| Missouri |
First-degree murder (565.020 RSMO 2000). (Excludes mentally retarded persons from capital sentencing) |
| Montana |
Capital murder with 1 of 9 aggravating circumstances (46-18-303 MCA); capital sexual assault (45-5-503 MCA). |
| Nebraska |
First-degree murder with a finding of at least 1 statutorily-defined aggravating circumstance. (Excludes mentally retarded persons from capital sentencing) |
| Nevada |
First-degree murder with at least 1 of 15 aggravating circumstances (NRS 200.030, 200.033, 200.035). |
| New Hampshire |
Six categories of capital murder (RSA 630:1, RSA 630:5). |
| New Jersey |
Murder by one's own conduct, by solicitation, committed in furtherance of a narcotics conspiracy, or during commission of a crime of terrorism (NJSA 2C:11-3c). |
| New Mexico |
First-degree murder with at least 1 of 7 statutorily-defined aggravating circumstances (Section 30-2-1 A, NMSA). (Excludes mentally retarded persons from capital sentencing) |
| New York |
First-degree murder with 1 of 13 aggravating factors (NY Penal Law §125.27). (Excludes mentally retarded persons from capital sentencing) |
| North Carolina |
First-degree murder (NCGS§14-17). (Excludes mentally retarded persons from capital sentencing) |
| Ohio |
Aggravated murder with at least 1 of 10 aggravating circumstances (O.R.C. secs. 2903.01, 2929.02, and 2929.04). |
| Oklahoma |
First-degree murder in conjunction with a finding of at least 1 of 8 statutorily defined aggravating circumstances. |
| Oregon |
Aggravated murder (ORS 163.095). |
| Pennsylvania |
First-degree murder with 18 aggravating circumstances. |
| South Carolina |
Murder with 1 of 11 aggravating circumstances (§ 16-3-20(C)(a)). (Mental retardation is a mitigating factor in South Carolina) |
| South Dakota |
First-degree murder with 1 of 10 aggravating circumstances; aggravated kidnaping. |
| Tennessee |
First-degree murder with 1 of 15 aggravating circumstances (Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-204). (Excludes mentally retarded persons from capital sentencing) |
| Texas |
Criminal homicide with 1 of 8 aggravating circumstances (TX Penal Code 19.03). |
| Utah |
Aggravated murder (76-5-202, Utah Code Annotated). (Excludes mentally retarded persons from capital sentencing) |
| Virginia |
First-degree murder with 1 of 13 aggravating circumstances (VA Code § 18.2-31). (Excludes mentally retarded persons from capital sentencing) |
| Washington |
Aggravated first-degree murder. (Excludes mentally retarded persons from capital sentencing) |
| Wyoming |
First-degree murder. |
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