Quote Originally Posted by Gertgregoor
just a question but wich states (within the USA and other nations) have dead penalties?
Here is some info the death penalty was abolished here in 72 (I think) but in 76 A man named Gary Gilmore asked for it in Utah and that eventually turned the tide and the sumpreme court reinstated it in 77 here are the states

The # on the left is men excuted the # on the right are on death row


Executions since 1976, by jurisdiction
Jurisdiction Executions
since 1976
Texas 344 446
Virginia 94 23
Oklahoma 77 97
Missouri 64 57
Florida 60 382
Georgia 38 113
North Carolina 36 198
South Carolina 33 74
Alabama 32 195
Louisiana 27 94
Arkansas 26 38
Arizona 22 131
Ohio 16 202
Delaware 13 19
Indiana 13 35
Illinois 12 9
Nevada 11 86
California 11 639
Mississippi 6 70
Utah 6 10
Maryland 4 9
Washington 4 11
Pennsylvania 3 231
U.S. Federal Gov't. 3 35
Nebraska 3 8
Montana 3 3
Kentucky 2 36
Oregon 2 32
Tennessee 1 106
Idaho 1 20
Connecticut 1 7
Colorado 1 3
New Mexico 1 2
Wyoming 1 2
New Jersey 0 15
Kansas
(On December 17 2004, the death penalty statute of Kansas was declared unconstitutional) 0 7
U.S. Military 0 7
New York
(On June 24 2004, the death penalty statute of New York was declared unconstitutional) 0 2
South Dakota 0 4
New Hampshire 0 0
United States
total 969 3,449*
no current death penalty statute: Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.