States Without The Death Penalty

[jaxx]

STATES WITHOUT THE DEATH PENALTY (YEAR ABOLISHED IN PARENTHESES)

Alaska (1957)
Hawaii (1957)
Illinois (2011)
Iowa (1965)
Maine (1887)
Massachusetts (1984)
Michigan (1846)
Minnesota (1911)
New Jersey (2007)
New Mexico* (2009)
New York (2007)#
North Dakota (1973)
Rhode Island (1984)**
Vermont (1964)
West Virginia (1965)
Wisconsin (1853)

ALSO
- Dist. of Columbia (1981)

http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/states-a...th-penalty

[nofurylike]

that is fascinating!
thank you for that, jaxx!

[Cha]

Thanks jaxx. Makes one curious why some states like West Virginia doesn't have it and California does.

Also Hawai'i became a state in 1959 so they were ahead of themselves, I guess.

[Julie]

Michigan, setting the trend I see.

[azmouse]

I bet the crime rates are horrendous in those states.... <------- that's sarcasm