States with and Without the Death Penalty

31 States with the Death Penalty:                            

Alabama              Arizona           Arkansas       California       Colorado       Delaware     Florida Georgia Idaho Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri Montana Nevada New Hampshire North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington Wyoming

 19 states without the Death Penalty:
    (Year Abolished)
Alaska (1957)
Connecticut (2012)
Hawaii (1957)
Illinois (2011)
Iowa (1965)
Maine (1887)
Maryland (2013)
Massachusetts (1984)
Michigan (1846)
Minnesota (1911)
Nebraska** (2015)
New Jersey (2007)
New Mexico* (2009)
New York (2007)#
North Dakota (1973)
Rhode Island (1984)^
Vermont (1964)
West Virginia (1965)
Wisconsin (1853)
                                         http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/states-and-without-death-penalty
"States With and Without the Death Penalty." States With and Without the Death Penalty. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2016.