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New Hampshire has abolished the death penalty, but the state retains one prisoner on death row.

Firing squad is allowed in Idaho, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Utah. Idaho is the only state where the firing squad is the primary method of execution.

Electrocution is an allowed method in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

Lethal gas is authorized in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Wyoming.

Lethal injection is the most common execution method in the U.S., accounting for approximately 89% of the 1,683 executions carried out since 1976, according to data from the Death Penalty Information Center. More than two dozen states utilize lethal injection as a primary method.

Christa Pike, who was convicted of killing a classmate three decades ago, survived two rounds of lethal injection drugs earlier in the week. As of the Friday following the attempt, she was reported to be still alive, unconscious, and remaining on a ventilator. This event would have marked the first execution of a woman in Tennessee in 200 years.