Including those states with moratoriums, how many states currently have the death penalty?
Currently, thirty two states enforce the death penalty. In addition, there are eighteen states that have abolished the death penalty.
Five of them
The death penalty is legal in 32 U.S. states. In the United States, 1,386 people have been executed.
There were the original 13 states, although the death penalty was established in the US long before the US was a separate nation.
There is no game called 'Pro Death Penalty'. Instead it is a movement that tries to promote and support the death penalty which has been abolished in many States.
35 of 50 or 70 percent
SOME states have passed legislaion outlawing the death penalty. Many, including the Federal Government, have not.
I'm not going to go back that far. As October 2009 35 states had the death penalty still on their books. !5 states plus the District of Columbia - did not.
As of October 2009, 35 states use the death penalty, although not all states use it frequently.For a list of states that use capital punishment, see Related Questions, below.
There have been almost 1300 executions via the death penalty in the United States. About 1264 of these executions have been since 1974.
50
It depends on the candidate. There is no set liberal or conservative view on the death penalty. There are many liberals who support the death penalty and those who are against it. There are many conservatives who support the death penalty and there are those who oppose it.