Which US States approve of capital punishment?

March 21st, 2010
  • 36 states allow it but few execute anyone.

    The 36 states are:
    Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado,
    Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana,
    Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland,
    Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada,
    New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio,
    Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina,
    South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia,
    Washington, Wyoming

    In 2006-7, most states carried out no more than 1 execution:

    Alabama 4, Arizona 1, California 1, Florida 4, Georgia 1, Indiana 3, Mississippi 1, Montana 1, North Carolina 4, Nevada 1, Ohio 7, Oklahoma 7, South Carolina 2, South Dakota 1, Tennessee 3, Texas 50, Virginia 4,
    The other 33 states carried out no executions at all.

    Source:
    www.deathpenaltyinfo.org
    Click on state by state for the list and on execution database for the number of executions by state


  • Almost all of them.


  • Easier to list the ones that do not.

    North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, W. Virginia, Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Alaska.

    EDIT: I forgot Hawaii

    And for the record the states without the death penalty as a general rule.... have lower homocide rates than their neighboring states that HAVE a death penalty. Deterrant my a$$.







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