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31 States with the Death Penalty and 19 States with Death Penalty Bans

Posted on June 5, 2015 (June 24, 2020) by ProCon.org

– 31 States with the Death Penalty and 19 States with Death Penalty Bans – View our newly updated death penalty state laws page. The most recent state to abolish the death penalty was Nebraska on May 27, 2015.

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