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State by State. The Death Penalty Information Center provides essential statistics like execution numbers, death row population, and murder rates for each state. We also provide historical background on the death penalty in each state, including abolitionist states.
Apr 24, 2023 · View a US map that outlines current capital punishment legality by state, along with a table that details the history of each state's death penalty laws.
Twenty-four states allow the death penalty. Twenty-three states have abolished capital punishment altogether. Three states, California, Oregon, and Pennsylvania, have governor-issued moratoriums in place, halting executions in the state. Of those states to have abolished the death penalty, Michigan became the first state to abolish it in 1846.
Jun 17, 2024 · Many states in the U.S. still impose the death penalty for capital offenses, including murder, treason, or genocide. Learn more about death penalty laws.
States that have abolished the death penalty. A total of 23 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have abolished the death penalty for all crimes. Below is a table of the states and the date that the state abolished the death penalty.
May 30, 2024 · Six states still consider the death penalty legal but have put executions on hold for various reasons, like the shaky reliability of execution drugs: Arizona, California, Oregon, Ohio,...
Oct 27, 2021 · Twenty-four states allow the death penalty, 23 don’t and three have a moratorium on it, according to data from the Death Penalty Information Center. About half the states permit capital...
