the only way you could receive the death penalty was if you committed first.
degree murder and had one of ten "aggravating" factors associated with the.
murder. In Arkansas you must kill someone with arson, kill a law enforcement.
officer on purpose, a teacher or school worker, kill a prison worker, a jail.
attendant, correctional worker, or someone who is in the military. Also if you.
are a hit man, otherwise known as contract murder. In California you must.
commit treason, which are acts to try to overthrow the government, homicide by a.
prisoner serving a life term, train wrecking, and lastly perjury causing.
execution. For Colorado, it is almost the same as Arkansas but it also includes.
referees and judges. In Connecticut "murder of a public safety or correctional.
officer, murder for pecuniary gain; murder in the case of a felony; murder by a.
defendant with a previous conviction for intentional murder; murder while under.
a life sentence; murder during kidnapping; illegal sale of cocaine, methadone,.
or heroin to a person who dies from using these drugs; murder during first-.
degree sexual assault; multiple murders; the defendant committed the offense(s).
with an assault weapon."(AOL1) For the state of Delaware murder with.
aggravating circumstances, "including murder of a child victim fourteen years of.
age or younger by an individual who was atleast four years older than the.
victim,"(AOL1) and the same like killing police officers or other peace people. .
In Florida you must "commit felony murder; first-degree murder; sexual battery.
on a child under age twelve; destructive devices which result in death, and.
capital drug trafficking."(AOL1) In Georgia its about the same with the.
exception of hijacking an airplane when someone dies. For the state of.
Illinois, if you commit first degree murder with atleast only one of fourteen.
aggravating circumstances, you will be sentenced to death.
