State-by-State Updates on Death Penalty Abolition and Legal Challenges

2023-04-24 07:00:00

1.David Ariosto, “Connecticut Becomes 17th State to Abolish Death Penalty,” cnn.com, Apr. 25, 2012

2.Arizona Attorney General, “Capital Punishment in Arizona,” azag.gov (accessed July 20, 2012)

3.Robbie Brown, “Arkansas Upends Death Penalty,” www.nytimes.com, June 22, 2012

4.Jonathan J. Cooper, “John Kitzhaber, Oregon Governor, Imposes Moratorium on Death Penalty for Rest of His Term,” huffingtonpost.com, Nov. 22, 2011

5.Death Penalty Information Center, “Death Penalty Information by State,” deathpenaltyinfo.org (accessed July 18, 2012)

6.Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture, “Capital Punishment,” encyclopediaofarkansas.net (accessed July 20, 2012)

7.Iowans Against the Death Penalty, “Iowa,” iadp.org (accessed July 20, 2012)

8.Michael Kirk, “The History of the Death Penalty in Connecticut,” today.uconn.edu, Oct. 24, 2011

9.Kathleen A. O’Shea, Women and the Death Penalty in the United States1900-1998, 1999

10.Michael H. Reggio, “Frontline, the Execution: History of the Death Penalty,” pbs.org (accessed July 20, 2012)

11.Wilson Ring, “Vt. Prosecutors May Seek Death Penalty in Abduction,” boston.com, July 6, 2008

12.South Dakota Department of Corrections, “Frequent Questions: Capital Punishment” doc.sd.gov (accessed July 20, 2012)

13.Texas Execution Information Center, “Texas Execution Information Center Execution Reports,” txexecutions.org (accessed July 20, 2012)

14.US Department of Justice (USDOJ) US Bureau of Justice Statistics (USBJS), “Publications & Products: Capital Punishment,” bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov (accessed July 18, 2012)

15.William Yardley, “Oregon Governor Says He Will Block Executions,” nytimes.com, Nov. 22, 2011

16.Joe Sutton, “Maryland Governor Signs Death Penalty Repeal,” cnn.com, May 2, 2013

17.Julie Bosman, “Nebraska Abolishes the Death Penalty,” nytimes.com, May 27, 2015

18.CNN, “Pennsylvania Governor Halts Death Penalty While ‘Error Prone’ System Reviewed,” cnn.com, Feb. 14, 2015

19.Archyde.com, “Connecticut’s Top Court Bans Death Penalty in State,” reuters.com, Aug. 13, 2015

20.Whitney Ray, “Attorney General Bondi’s Statement on Today’s US Supreme Court Ruling,” myfloridalegal.com, Jan. 12, 2016

21.Eyder Peralta, “Delaware Supreme Court Finds State’s Death Penalty Law Is Unconstitutional,” npr.org, Aug. 2, 2016

22.New York Times“With Death Penalty Back, Nebraska Looks Ahead to Executions,” nytimes.com, Nov. 9, 2016

23.Jessica Masulli Reyes, “Supreme Court: Executions off for Those on Death Row,” delawareonline.com, Dec. 15, 2016

24.Rachel La Corte, “Washington Justices Toss Death Penalty as Arbitrary, Unfair,” theolympian, Oct. 11, 2018

25.Death Penalty Information Center, “States with and without the Death Penalty (as of March 13, 2019),” deathpenaltyinfo.org, Mar. 13, 2019

26.Kelly P. Kissel, “Here Are the 8 Inmates Arkansas Planned to Execute in 11 Days,” usatoday.com, Apr. 15, 2017

27.Arizona Department of Correction, “Executions,” adc.arkansas.gov (accessed Mar. 13, 2019)

28.Los Angeles Times“Gov. Gavin Newsom to Block California Death Row Executions, Close San Quentin Execution Chamber,” latimes.com, Mar. 12, 2019

29.Denver Post Editorial Board, “Grant Death Penalty a Reprieve,” denverpost.com, Dec. 21, 2018

30.Ellen Powell, “Florida Governor Signs Bill Tightening Death Penalty,” csmonitor.com, Mar. 15, 2017

31.Bill Estep, “Could Kentucky Resume Executing Inmates? New Death-Penalty Rules Proposed,” kentucky.com, Feb. 14, 2018

32.AP, “Order Barring Louisiana Executions Is Extended by 1 Year,” apnews.com, July 16, 2018

33.AP, “Louisiana Seeks 1-Year Extension in Halt to Executions,” nola.com, July 12, 2018

34.Debra Goldschmidt, “Oklahoma Commission Recommends Extending Death Penalty Moratorium,” cnn.com, Apr. 25, 2017

35.Johnathan Baker, “In Oklahoma, Death Penalty Moratorium Will Continue through End of 2017,” hppr.org, Aug. 23, 2017

36.Kelsey Gibbs, “Death Sentences Continue in Oklahoma Despite Execution Moratorium,” kfor.com, Oct. 16, 2017

37.Jonathan J. Cooper, “Brown to Preserve Death Penalty Ban,” mailtribune.com, Feb. 20, 2015

38.Zack Budryk, “New Hampshire Lawmakers Override Governor Veto to Abolish Death Penalty,” thehill.com, May 30, 2019

39.Jon Kamp, “New Hampshire Governor Vetoes Death-Penalty Repeal Bill,” wsj.com, May 3, 2019

40.Aris Folley, “Death Penalty Abolished in Colorado,” thehill.com, Mar. 23, 2020

41.Whitney Evans, “Virginia Governor Signs Law Abolishing the Death Penalty, a 1st in the South,” npr.org, Mar. 24, 2021

42.Lauren Dake and Conrad Wilson, “Outgoing Oregon Governor Commutes Death Row Sentences, Orders Execution Chamber Dismantled,” opb.org, Dec.13

43.ALCU, “ACLU-PA Statement on Governor Shapiro Continuing the Moratorium on Executions,” aclupa.org, Feb 16, 2023

44.Lisa Baumann, “Washington State Officially Abolishes Death Penalty,” apnews.com, Apr. 20, 2023
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