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Delaware

Capital Offenses (2007): First-degree murder with at least 1 statutory aggravating circumstance (excludes mentally retarded persons)

Method: Lethal injection for persons sentenced on or after 6/13/86. Those who committed the offense before that date can choose lethal injection or hanging.

Minimum Age: 16

Executions (1977-2006): 14

Prisoners On Death Row: 16