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Wyoming

Milestones in Abolition/Reinstatement

Wyoming was one of the last states to ban the execution of juvenile offenders before the Supreme Court banned the practice in Roper v. Simmons. The state legislature passed a bill banning the death penalty for juveniles in 2004.

Other Interesting Facts

The last execution in Wyoming was that of Mark Hopkinson in 1992. The death sentence of the last person on Wyoming’s death row, Dale Wayne Eaton, was overturned on November 20, 2014. Wyoming prosecutors waived the death penalty in the case on September 27, 2021.

Yellowstone National Park. Photo by Arad Mojtahedi.
Yellowstone National Park. Photo by Arad Mojtahedi.

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Wyoming Execution Totals Since 1976

News & Developments


Mar 22, 2022

Bungled Resentencing of Wyoming’s Only Active Death Penalty Case Revictimizes Victim’s Family

March 25, 2022 will mark the end of the only death penal­ty case in Wyoming — or at least the fam­i­ly of Lisa Marie Kimmell hopes it will. The fam­i­ly trav­eled from Colorado and Arizona to offer in-per­son vic­tim-impact state…

Bungled Resentencing of Wyoming’s Only Active Death Penalty Case Revictimizes Victim’s Family

Recent Legislative Activity

Mar 19, 2021

NEWS BRIEF — Wyoming State Senate Defeats Bill to Repeal the Death Penalty

The Wyoming state sen­ate has defeat­ed a bill to repeal the state’s death penal­ty. Senate File 150, spon­sored by 

NEWS BRIEF — Wyoming State Senate Defeats Bill to Repeal the Death Penalty

Costs

Mar 05, 2021

Wyoming Senate Committee Passes Bill to Repeal State’s Death Penalty

A Wyoming state sen­ate com­mit­tee has advanced to the full Senate a bill to repeal the state’s death penal­ty. After tak­ing tes­ti­mo­ny from wit­ness­es includ­ing the state pub­lic defender’s office, fam­i­ly mem­bers of mur­der vic…

Wyoming Senate Committee Passes Bill to Repeal State's Death Penalty

Costs

Oct 21, 2020

New Voices: Woman Who Lost Mother and Husband in Separate Murders Calls on Wyoming to Repeal Death Penalty

A Wyoming woman whose moth­er and hus­band were mur­dered in sep­a­rate inci­dents is call­ing on the state to repeal its death penal­ty for the ben­e­fit of vic­tims’ fam­i­ly mem­bers. In an October 17 op-ed in the Casper Star Tri…

New Voices: Woman Who Lost Mother and Husband in Separate Murders Calls on Wyoming to Repeal Death Penalty

Costs

Aug 14, 2020

Legislators in Virtual Forum Say Economic Impact of Coronavirus Adds to Conservatives’ Concerns About the Death Penalty

Legislators in an August 13, 2020 vir­tu­al forum on cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment say that the eco­nom­ic impact of the coro­n­avirus on state bud­gets adds to their con­cerns about the via­bil­i­ty and desir­abil­i­ty of the death penal­ty as a social pol­i­cy. In…

Legislators in Virtual Forum Say Economic Impact of Coronavirus Adds to Conservatives' Concerns About the Death Penalty

Costs

Jul 21, 2020

Wyoming Governor ​“Very Seriously” Considering Death Penalty Moratorium

Calling cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment a ​“lux­u­ry” that the state can no longer afford, Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon (pic­tured) told leg­is­la­tors that he is ​“very seri­ous­ly” con­sid­er­ing impos­ing a mora­to­ri­um on the state’s rarely-used death pen…

Wyoming Governor “Very Seriously” Considering Death Penalty Moratorium

Crimes Punishable by Death

Dec 23, 2019

DPIC Analysis: Death Penalty Erosion Spreads Across the Western United States in 2019

In a year of declin­ing death-penal­ty usage across the United States, nowhere was the ero­sion of cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment as sus­tained and pro­nounced in 2019 as it was in the west­ern United States. Continuing a wave of momen­tum from 

DPIC Analysis: Death Penalty Erosion Spreads Across the Western United States in 2019

Recent Legislative Activity

Oct 29, 2019

More Than 250 Conservative Leaders Join Call to End Death Penalty

More than 250 con­ser­v­a­tive lead­ers from across the coun­try have signed on to a state­ment express­ing their oppo­si­tion to cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment as admin­is­tered across the United States and issued a ​“call [to] our fel­low con­ser­v­a­tives to reex­am­ine the d…

More Than 250 Conservative Leaders Join Call to End Death Penalty

Federal Death Penalty

Jul 22, 2019

Death-Penalty News and Developments for the Week of July 22 – 28, 2019: Appeals Court Permits New Capital Prosecution in Only Wyoming Death-Penalty Case

NEWS: July 23 — The U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that Wyoming pros­e­cu­tors may seek the death penal­ty in resen­tenc­ing pro­ceed­ings against 74-year-old 

Death-Penalty News and Developments for the Week of July 22 – 28, 2019: Appeals Court Permits New Capital Prosecution in Only Wyoming Death-Penalty Case

Recent Legislative Activity

Feb 19, 2019

Death-Penalty Repeal Efforts Across U.S. Spurred by Growing Conservative Support

Bills to repeal and replace the death penal­ty with non-cap­i­tal pun­ish­ments have gained new trac­tion across the United States in 2019 as a result of oppo­si­tion to the death penal­ty among ide­o­log­i­cal­ly con­ser­v­a­tive leg­is­la­tors. That move­ment – buoye…

Death-Penalty Repeal Efforts Across U.S. Spurred by Growing Conservative Support
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NEWS BRIEF — Wyoming State Senate Defeats Bill to Repeal the Death Penalty

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Bungled Resentencing of Wyoming’s Only Active Death Penalty Case Revictimizes Victim’s Family

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Bungled Resentencing of Wyoming’s Only Active Death Penalty Case Revictimizes Victim’s Family

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Additional Information


  • Death Penalty: Yes
  • Number of Executions Since 1976: 1
  • Number of Executions Before 1976 (may include federal and military executions): 22
  • Current Death Row Population: 0
  • Women on Death Row: 0
  • Number of Innocent People Freed From Death Row: 0
  • Number of Clemencies Granted: 0
  • Date of Reinstatement (following Furman v. Georgia): February 27, 1977
  • First Execution After Reinstatement: 1992
  • Location of Death Row (Men): Rawlings
  • Location of Death Row (Women): Lusk
  • Capital: Cheyenne
  • Region: West
  • Population: 576,851*
  • Murder Rate (per 100,000 population): 2.25
  • Is Life Without Parole an Option?: Yes
  • Can a defendant get death for a felony in which s/he was not responsible for the murder?: Yes
  • Method of Execution: Injection / Gas if Injection Found Unconstitutional
  • How is Sentence Determined?: Jury
  • Clemency Process: Governor has sole authority to grant clemency
  • Governor: Mark Gordon

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