![]() The defendant in such cases was typically found guilty of “felony murder” or under the “law of parties,” and in some states can receive the death penalty, despite not having killed or directed the killing of the victim. In another group of cases, the person executed participated in a felony during which a victim died at the hands of another participant in the felony. In a small minority of cases, the person executed ordered or contracted with another person to carry out the murder. ![]() In most cases, the person executed directly killed the victim. Everyone who has been executed since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976 participated in a crime in which at least one victim died.
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