MS HB1479

Grants the Commissioner of Corrections discretion to select from four methods of execution: lethal injection, nitrogen hypoxia, electrocution, or firing squad, with lethal injection designated as the preferred method

Requires the Commissioner to provide written notice to the condemned person within 7 days of receiving the execution warrant specifying the chosen method of execution

Establishes that the Governor appoints the State Executioner, who receives $500 plus expenses per execution, with deputies receiving $150 per execution paid by the county where the crime was committed

Expands confidentiality protections to include the identities of the State Executioner, deputies, execution team members, lethal injection chemical suppliers, and certain witnesses, exempting this information from public records disclosure

Allows executions to take place at any appropriate location designated by the Commissioner rather than exclusively at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman