How many states dont allow death penalty?

Answer 1

There are currently 15 states plus the District of Columbia that do not use the death penalty. Officially, only 14 of the states have banned captial punishment; the fifteenth state, New York, still has a death penalty statute on its books, but part of the statute was declared unconstitutional in 2004, but New York has made no effort to rewrite or reinstate the law.


For a list of the states, see Related Questions, below.

Answer 2

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Additional: The answer (above) IS correct as of March 9, 2011, when the Illinois State Legislature passed legislation banning the death penalty in that state.

The US Government and the US Military STILL have the death penalty, making a total of 36 jurisdictions which still have the death penalty on their statute books.

Answer 3

Currently, only one state, Nevada, has declared a temporary moratorium on lethal injection.

All 35 US states that still have the death penalty officially use lethal injection as their primary or exclusive method of execution; however, Nevada has temporarily reverted to using the electric chair due to concerns that the lethal injection cocktail may cause conscious asphyxiation, an inhumane death. A few states, such as Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming, have back-up plans ready in case lethal injection is declared unconstitutional.

Answer 4

15 states do not allow the death penalty:

• Alaska
• Hawaii
• Massachusetts
• New Mexico (two people are still currently on death row but the death penalty has since been abolished)
• Vermont
• Michigan
• Iowa
• Maine
• Minnesota
• New Jersey
• New York
• North Dakota
• Rhode Island
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin
• Plus the District of Columbia

Answer 5

There are 35 states with the death penalty and 15 with out it. (as of January 7th, 2011)

Answer 6

In six states- Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Pennsylvania, and South Dakota- all life sentences are imposed without the possibility of parole.

Answer 7

There are currently three states that do not have the death penalty in the US. They are Connecticut, New Mexico and Maryland.

Answer 8

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