State-to-State

Of the thirty-four states that have the death penalty, the crimes and circumstances that qualify for the death penalty vary slightly from state to state. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
 * 1)  Alabama - Intentional murder with 18 aggravating factors (Ala. Stat. Ann. 13A-5-40(a)(1)-(18)).
 * 1)  Arizona - First-degree murder accompanied by at least 1 of 14 aggravating factors (A.R.S. § 13-703(F)).
 * 1)  Arkansas - Capital murder (Ark. Code Ann. 5-10-101) with a finding of at least 1 of 10 aggravating circumstances; treason.
 * 1)  California - First-degree murder with special circumstances; sabotage; train wrecking causing death; treason; perjury causing execution of an innocent person; fatal assault by a prisoner serving a life sentence.
 * 1)  Colorado - First-degree murder with at least 1 of 17 aggravating factors; first-degree kidnapping resulting in death; treason.
 * 1)  Connecticut - Capital felony with 8 forms of aggravated homicide (C.G.S. § 53a-54b).
 * 1)  Delaware - First-degree murder with at least 1 statutory aggravating circumstance (11 Del. C. § 4209).
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;"> Florida - First-degree murder; felony murder; capital drug trafficking; capital sexual battery.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;"> Georgia - Murder; kidnapping with bodily injury or ransom when the victim dies; aircraft hijacking; treason.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;"> Idaho - First-degree murder with aggravating factors; first-degree kidnapping; perjury resulting in death.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;"> Indiana - Murder with 16 aggravating circumstances (IC 35-50-2-9).
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;"> Kansas - Capital murder with 8 aggravating circumstances (KSA 21-3439, KSA 21-4625, KSA 21-4636).
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;"> Kentucky - Murder with aggravating factors; kidnapping with aggravating factors (KRS 532.025).
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;"> Louisiana - First-degree murder; treason (La. R.S. 14:30 and 14:113).
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;"> Maryland - First-degree murder, either premeditated or during the commission of a felony, provided that certain death eligibility requirements are satisfied.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;"> Mississippi - Capital murder (Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-19(2)); aircraft piracy (Miss. Code Ann. § 97-25-55(1)).
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;"> Missouri - First-degree murder (565.020 RSMO 2000).
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;"> Montana - Capital murder with 1 of 9 aggravating circumstances (Mont. Code Ann. § 46-18-303); aggravated sexhual intercourse without consent (Mont. Code Ann. § 45-5-503).
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;"> Nebraska - First-degree murder with a finding of at least 1 statutorily-defined aggravating circumstance.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;"> Nevada - First-degree murder with at least 1 of 15 aggravating circumstances (NRS 200.030, 200.033, 200.035).
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;"> New Hampshire - Murder committed in the course of rape, kidnapping, or drug crimes; killing of a law enforcement officer; murder for hire; murder by an inmate while serving a sentence of life without parole (RSA 630:1, RSA 630:5).
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;"> North Carolina - First-degree murder (NCGS §14-17).
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;"> Ohio - Aggravated murder with at least 1 of 10 aggravating circumstances (O.R.C. secs. 2903.01, 2929.02, and 2929.04).
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;"> Oklahoma - First-degree murder in conjunction with a finding of at least 1 of 8 statutorily-defined aggravating circumstances; sex crimes against a child under 14 years of age.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;"> Oregon - Aggravated murder (ORS 163.095).
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;"> Pennsylvania - First-degree murder with 18 aggravating circumstances.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;"> South Carolina - Murder with 1 of 12 aggravating circumstances (§ 16-3-20(C)(a))
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;"> South Dakota - First-degree murder with 1 of 10 aggravating circumstances. Revision: Revised the code of criminal procedure. Changes included establishing procedures to be used by circuit judges in determining whether to stop an execution because the inmate is mentally incompetent (SDCL § 23A-27A-22) and clarifying that persons carrying out executions are immune from civil and/or criminal liability (SDCL § 23A-27A-31.2), effective 7/1/2008.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;"> Tennessee - First-degree murder with 1 of 15 aggravating circumstances (Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-204).
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;"> Texas - Criminal homicide with 1 of 9 aggravating circumstances (Tex. Penal Code § 19.03).
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;"> Utah - Aggravated murder (76-5-202, Utah Code Annotated). Revision: Amended the criminal code to allow aggravating circumstances to be treated as separate acts from the capital offense which can be prosecuted as a separate offense (Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-202), effective 2/26/08.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;"> Virginia - First-degree murder with 1 of 15 aggravating circumstances (VA Code § 18.2-31).
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;"> Washington - Aggravated first-degree murder.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;"> Wyoming - First-degree murder; murder during the commission of sexual assault, sexual abuse of a minor, arson, robbery, escape, resisting arrest, kidnapping, or abuse of a minor under 16.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; vertical-align: auto; word-spacing: normal;">Sixteen states have abolished the death penalty entirely (the year abolished is in parentheses). >
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; vertical-align: auto; word-spacing: normal;">Alaska (1957)
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; vertical-align: auto; word-spacing: normal;">Hawaii (1948)
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; vertical-align: auto; word-spacing: normal;">Illinois (2011)
 * 4) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; vertical-align: auto; word-spacing: normal;">Iowa (1965)
 * 5) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; vertical-align: auto; word-spacing: normal;">Maine (1887)
 * 6) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; vertical-align: auto; word-spacing: normal;">Massachusetts (1984)
 * 7) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; vertical-align: auto; word-spacing: normal;">Michigan (1846)
 * 8) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; vertical-align: auto; word-spacing: normal;">Minnesota (1911)
 * 9) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; vertical-align: auto; word-spacing: normal;">New Jersey (2007)
 * 10) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; vertical-align: auto; word-spacing: normal;">New Mexico (2009)
 * 11) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; vertical-align: auto; word-spacing: normal;">New York (2007)
 * 12) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; vertical-align: auto; word-spacing: normal;">North Dakota (1973)
 * 13) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; vertical-align: auto; word-spacing: normal;">Rhode Island (1984)
 * 14) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; vertical-align: auto; word-spacing: normal;">Vermont (1964)
 * 15) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; vertical-align: auto; word-spacing: normal;">West Virginia (1965)
 * 16) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; vertical-align: auto; word-spacing: normal;">Wisconsin (1853)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">The clemency process also differs from state to state. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">There are fourteen states in which the Governor has sole authority:
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.4pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; vertical-align: auto; word-spacing: normal;">Alabama
 * 2) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">California
 * 3) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">Colorado
 * 4) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">Kansas
 * 5) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">Kentucky
 * 6) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">New Jersey
 * 7) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">New Mexico
 * 8) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">New York
 * 9) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">North Carolina
 * 10) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">Oregon
 * 11) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">South Carolina
 * 12) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">Virginia
 * 13) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">Washington
 * 14) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">Wyoming

<span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">There are eight states in which the Governor must have the recommendation of clemency from a board or advisory group:
 * 1) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">Arizona
 * 2) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">Delaware
 * 3) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">Florida
 * 4) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">Louisiana
 * 5) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">Montana
 * 6) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">Oklahoma
 * 7) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">Pennsylvania
 * 8) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">Texas

<span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">There are eleven states in which the governor may receive a non-binding recommendation of clemency from a board or advisory group:
 * 1) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">Arkansas
 * 2) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">Idaho
 * 3) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">Illinois
 * 4) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">Indiana
 * 5) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">Maryland
 * 6) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">Mississippi
 * 7) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">Missouri
 * 8) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">New Hampshire
 * 9) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">Ohio
 * 10) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">South Dakota
 * 11) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">Tennesse

<span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">Finally, there are three states in which a board or advisory group determines clemency: <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">("Death Penalty Resources")
 * 1) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">Connecticut
 * 2) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">Georgia
 * 3) <span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">Utah

<span style="font: 12pt/150% Palatino Linotype; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0ex; text-transform: none; word-spacing: normal;">[|Interactive State-Specific Death Penalty Website] ("State Information")

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