 
<translate> Tambaya: Hukuncin kisa hukunci ne na doka a Amurka, a halin yanzu jihohi 31, gwamnatin tarayya, da sojoji ke amfani da shi. Za a iya gano wanzuwarsa zuwa farkon mulkin mallaka na Amurka. Amurka ita ce kawai ƙasar Yammacin Turai da ke amfani da hukuncin kisa a halin yanzu, ɗaya daga cikin ƙasashe 58 a duk duniya da ke amfani da shi, kuma ita ce ta farko da ta haɓaka allurar mutuwa a matsayin hanyar zartarwa, wanda tun daga wannan lokacin wasu ƙasashe biyar suka karɓa.  Jihohi nawa a Amurka suke amfani da hukuncin kisa? Tsarin hankali: Hukuncin da ya dace a cikin nassi shine: Hukuncin kisa hukunci ne na doka a Amurka, a halin yanzu jihohi 31, gwamnatin tarayya, da sojoji ke amfani da shi. <eng> Question: Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the United States, currently used by 31 states, the federal government, and the military. Its existence can be traced to the beginning of the American colonies. The United States is the only Western country currently applying the death penalty, one of 58 countries worldwide applying it, and was the first to develop lethal injection as a method of execution, which has since been adopted by five other countries.

How many states in america use the death penalty?
Stream-of-consciousness: The relevant sentence in the passage is: Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the United States, currently used by 31 states, the federal government, and the military. 