the death penalty was reinstated in the us in 2015.
the death penalty was reinstated in the us in 2015.
when was the death penalty reinstated in the us?
2015
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other states which abolished the death penalty for murder before "gregg v. georgia" include: minnesota in 1911, vermont in 1964, iowa and west virginia in 1965 and north dakota in 1973. hawaii abolished the death penalty in 1948 and alaska in 1957, both before their statehood. puerto rico repealed it in 1929 and the district of columbia in 1981. arizona and oregon abolished the death penalty by popular vote in 1916 and 1964 respectively, but both reinstated it, again by popular vote, some years later; arizona reinstated the death penalty in 1918 and oregon in 1978. in oregon, the measure reinstating the death penalty was overturned by the oregon supreme court in 1981, but oregon voters again reinstated the death penalty in 1984. puerto rico and michigan are the only two u.s. jurisdictions to have explicitly prohibited capital punishment in their constitutions: in 1952 and 1964, respectively.
capital punishment in the united states