New Hampshire has become the 21st state to abolish or overturn the death penalty, joining a growing list of states that have done away with the punishment. Twenty-nine states still allow capital punishment, but in four of them governors have issued moratoriums on the death penalty, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
A list of the states that have abandoned the death penalty and year that took place:
New Hampshire, 2019
Washington, 2018
Delaware, 2016
Maryland 2013
Connecticut, 2012
Illinois, 2011
New Mexico, 2009
New York, 2007
New Jersey, 2007
Rhode Island, 1984
Massachusetts, 1984
North Dakota, 1973
Iowa, 1965
West Virginia, 1965
Vermont, 1964
Alaska, 1957
Hawaii, 1957
Minnesota, 1911
Maine, 1887
Wisconsin, 1853
Michigan, 1846
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Source: Death Penalty Information Center .
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