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Idaho allows for capital punishment in the case of three crimes: first degree murder with aggravating factors; aggravating kidnapping; and perjury causing execution of an innocent person. A person who is either under 18 or mentally challenged cannot be sentenced to death. Idaho has executed 27 men, fourteen before statehood.
The US had a ten-year moratorium on executions which was lifted in 1976. However, Idaho waited until 1994 to execute someone. The current judicial process allows for a jury to sentence someone to death. Commutation of a death sentence is determined by a board in which the Governor has no part. Only one sentence has been commuted since 1973 (Donald Paradis) and his sentence was later overturned and he was found innocent.
The current method of execution is lethal injection.
| Person | Race | M/F | Occupation | Crime | Method | Date | County |
| Noah Arnold | Black | M | Parolee | Murder-Robbery | Hanging | 19 Dec 1924 | Bonner |
| William Bond | White | M | Murder | Hanging | 10 Aug 1906 | Ada | |
| James Connors | White | M | Murder | Hanging | 16 Dec 1904 | Bingham | |
| James Ellington | White | M | Roof Painter | Murder | Hanging | 27 May 1896 | Ada |
| David Howard | White | M | Freighter | Murder-Robbery | Hanging | 4 Mar 1864 | Nez Perce |
| John Jurko | White | M | Barber | Murder | Hanging | 9 Jul 1926 | Twin Falls |
| Wah Choy Kwang | Asian | M | Cook | Murder | Hanging | 18 Sep 1885 | Blaine |
| Sid Larkins | White | M | Murder | Hanging | 30 Apr 1897 | Bingham | |
| Chris Lowery | White | M | Freighter | Murder-Robbery | Hanging | 4 Mar 1864 | Nez Perce |
| Anthony McBride | White | M | Soldier | Murder | Hanging | 24 Jan 1868 | Ada |
| Thomas McCullough | White | M | Murder | Hanging | 16 Sep 1880 | ||
| Henry McDonald | White | M | Butcher | Murder-Robbery | Hanging | 14 Jan 1881 | Owyhee |
| Michael Mooney | White | M | Tramp | Murder-Robbery | Hanging | 29 Dec 1882 | Oneida |
| George Pierson | White | M | Miner | Murder | Hanging | 1 Aug 1884 | Blaine |
| Troy Powell | White | M | Laborer | Murder-Robbery | Hanging | 13 Apr 1951 | Ada |
| Ed Rice | White | M | Gambler | Murder-Robbery | Hanging | 30 Nov 1901 | Shoshone |
| Jim Romaine | White | M | Freighter | Murder-Robbery | Hanging | 4 Mar 1864 | Nez Perce |
| Herman St Clair | White | M | Murder-Robbery | Hanging | 24 Jun 1898 | Boise | |
| Fred Seward | White | M | Murder | Hanging | 7 May 1909 | Latah | |
| Raymond Snowden | White | M | Laborer | Murder-Rape | Hanging | 18 Jan 1957 | Ada |
| Bi Ago Tiam | Nat Am | M | Murder | Hanging | 28 Jun 1878 | Ada | |
| Ernest Walrath | White | M | Laborer | Murder-Robbery | Hanging | 13 Apr 1951 | Ada |
| Simeon Walters | White | M | Farmer | Murder-Robbery | Hanging | 10 Dec 1869 | Boise |
| Theodore Warlick | White | M | Laborer | Murder | Hanging | 9 Jun 1886 | Idaho |
| Keith Eugene Wells | M | Parolee | Murder | Lethal Injection | 6 Jan 1994 | Ada | |
| Frank Williams | White | M | Murder | Hanging | 21 Jul 1888 | Bingham | |
| Alex Woods | Black | M | Barber | Murder | Hanging | 17 Aug 1888 | Bingham |
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