Colorado statute
C.R.S. § 18-1.3-1202 — Death penalty inflicted by lethal injection.
Current through 2025 Regular Session
Part of Part 12: SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS - SENTENCING IN CLASS 1 FELONIES, Colorado Revised Statutes.
Full text of C.R.S. § 18-1.3-1202
Statutory text current through the 2025 Regular Session. This is an officially sanctioned publication using the official text of the Colorado Revised Statutes; it is not the official statutes of the State of Colorado.
The manner of inflicting the punishment of death shall be by the administration of a lethal injection within the time prescribed in this part 12, unless for good cause the court or governor may prolong the time. For the purposes of this part 12, "lethal injection" means a continuous intravenous injection of a lethal quantity of sodium thiopental or other equally or more effective substance sufficient to cause death. The manner of inflicting the punishment of death shall, in all circumstances, be by the administration of a lethal injection regardless of the date of the commission of the offense or offenses for which the death penalty is imposed.
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