Is hanging a capital punishment still in US?

Answer 1

Only lethal injection is used at the federal level and only the states of Washington and New Hampshire still retain hanging as an option.

In New Hampshire, if it is found to be 'impractical' to carry out the execution by lethal injection, then the condemned will be hanged, and in Washington the condemned still has an outright choice between hanging and lethal injection.

Source: "Section 630.5, Procedures in Capital Murder". http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/lxii/630/630-5.htm. Retrieved 2006-04-27.

Answer 2

It would take explicit research of all 50 states plus US Territories to this question, but I feel reasonably certain in saying that, yes, some states still allow the condemned to choose their own form of execution. Among these are hanging, electrocution, gas chamber, lethal injection, and firing squad. No, not all the options exist in ALL states, you will have to do some more complete research on your particular state.

According to the Death Penalty Information Center, hangings are still allowed in New Hampshire and Washington state.

Answer 3

Only 3 states, Delaware, New Hampshire, and Washington, currently authorize hanging as a method of execution, all as an alternative to lethal injection, depending upon the choice of the inmate, whether injection is "impractical, or the possibility of lethal injection being held unconstitutional. As of April 1, 2008, 3 of 1,099 (0.3%) executions performed since 1976 have been by hanging. Most recently, Billy Bailey elected Hanging in Delaware on January 25, 1996.