Capital punishment was outlawed in the State of New York after the New York Court of Appeals (the highest court in the state) declared it was not allowed...

Capital punishment in New Jersey is currently abolished, after Governor of New Jersey Jon Corzine signed a law repealing it in 2007. Before this, capital...

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Florida. Since 1976, the state has executed 106 convicted murderers, all at Florida State Prison...

until the United States Supreme Court briefly abolished capital punishment with its 1972 decision in Furman v. Georgia. The State Electrician was contracted...

Capital punishment in Connecticut formerly existed as an available sanction for a criminal defendant upon conviction for the commission of a capital offense...

Capital punishment is not allowed to be carried out in the U.S. state of California, due to both a standing 2006 federal court order against the practice...

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Ohio, although all executions have been suspended indefinitely by Governor Mike DeWine until...

Capital punishment has been repealed in the U.S. state of Illinois since 2011. Illinois used death by hanging as a form of execution until 1928. The last...

Capital punishment in Islam is traditionally regulated by the Islamic law (sharīʿa), which derived from the Quran, ḥadīth literature, and sunnah (accounts...

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Japan. The Penal Code of Japan and several laws list 14 capital crimes. In practice, though, it is applied only...