[marajade]

So tell me in which state is the death penalty illegal?

[okie01]

Death Penalty Information Center

[gcruse]

               The most recent state to enact a death penalty law was New York in 1995. As of January 1998, 38
               states and the federal government have capital punishment laws in effect. Alaska, eleven other states --
               Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont,
               West Virginia, and Wisconsin -- and the District of Columbia do not have a death penalty. Sites providing
               information on the current status of the death penalty throughout the nation are available on the Death
               Penalty Statistics page.