How many states do not have capital punishment?

Question

How many states do not have capital punishment?

Answer 1

"Thirty-eight States and the Federal government in 2006 had capital statutes."

So there are twelve states that do not have capital punishment.

Answer 2

13 hey are:

Alaska,

District of Columbia,

Hawaii,

Iowa,

Maine,

Massachusetts,

Michigan,

Minnesota,

North Dakota,

Rhode Island,

Vermont,

West Virginia

and Wisconsin.

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Answer 3

14 states don't have it.  The answer just above mine has left out New York, where the state's highest court, the Court of Appeals, threw it out in June, 2004.

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