Colorado statute
C.R.S. § 18-1.3-1204 — Implements - sentence executed by executive director.
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. § 18-1.3-1204
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 executive director of the department of corrections, at the expense of the state of Colorado, shall provide a suitable and efficient room or place, enclosed from public view, within the walls of the correctional facilities at Cañon City and therein at all times have in preparation all necessary implements requisite for carrying into execution the death penalty by means of the administration of a lethal injection. The execution shall be performed in the room or place by a person selected by the executive director and trained to administer intravenous injections. Death shall be pronounced by a licensed physician or a coroner according to accepted medical standards.
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