Method
The federal prison system never operated its own gas chamber or electric chair for pre-Furman executions. Pre-Furman executions carried out within the federal prison system were by hanging. All federally-mandated executions by lethal gas or electrocution were carried out in state prisons.
People who are under 18 at the time of commission of the capital crime or mentally retarded are legally precluded from being executed.
Read more about this topic: Capital Punishment By The United States Federal Government
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