DEATH ROW

Execution and Death Row Information



Execution and Death Row Information

Looking on the 50 states, 34 retain the death penalty. Florida is still one of these states. The last state to have abolished is Illinois in March 2011. Capital punishment is available even at the federal level for 42 crimes, including 38 relating to different permutations of homicide, while 4 of them are not related to homicide. Even the Federal Law provides for the military death penalty.

Some states have laws that provide for capital punishment for crimes such as treason, espionage, kidnapping, embezzlement and drug trafficking. California provides for the ...