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As of October 2009, 35 states use the death penalty, although not all states use it frequently.


For a list of states that use capital punishment, see Related Questions, below.

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35 states have it. 15 don't

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Q: How many states in the US allow the death penalty?
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How many states with moratoriums have the death penalty?

Including those states with moratoriums, how many states currently have the death penalty?


How many states enforce the death penalty?

Currently, thirty two states enforce the death penalty. In addition, there are eighteen states that have abolished the death penalty.


How many states have death penalty statutes?

Five of them


Which US states currently have the death penalty How many people have died due to the death penalty laws in United States as of July 1 2014?

The death penalty is legal in 32 U.S. states. In the United States, 1,386 people have been executed.


How many states were there when the death penalty started?

There were the original 13 states, although the death penalty was established in the US long before the US was a separate nation.


How prevalent is the death penalty in the US how many states allow it and how many have abolished it?

Currently 31 sates have it and currently over 2 000 inmates are on death row. Not including those such as Charles Manson who (due to 1976 illegilisation of the death penalty, and later reinstatement) were given a life sentence.


Where can one purchase the game 'Pro Death Penalty'?

There is no game called 'Pro Death Penalty'. Instead it is a movement that tries to promote and support the death penalty which has been abolished in many States.


How many states utilize the death penalty?

35 of 50 or 70 percent


Is the death penalty used in all stated and federal government?

SOME states have passed legislaion outlawing the death penalty. Many, including the Federal Government, have not.


As of April 1 2008 how many states use the death penalty?

I'm not going to go back that far. As October 2009 35 states had the death penalty still on their books. !5 states plus the District of Columbia - did not.


What countries don't use death penalty?

The United States is the only western nation that still uses capital punishment. The United States, Japan and Taiwan are the only fully developed countries that still engage in this practice.It is important to note that, while the US Supreme Court currently considers capital punishment constitutional, many states do not. Fourteen states and the District of Columbia have formally abolished the death penalty; New York has declared part of their capital punishment statute unconstitutional, and is not engaging in this practice; thirty-five states still allow the death penalty for certain crimes, but vary in frequency of use.AnswerIf by Western countries you mean industrialized democracies, then only The United States of America, Japan and Taiwan currently use the death penalty. In the USA 36 states, the federal government and the U.S. military have a death penalty statute. As of now South Korea has a moratorium on the death penalty.


How many people in America were given the death penalty?

There have been almost 1300 executions via the death penalty in the United States. About 1264 of these executions have been since 1974.