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- JANUARY 1, 1999WyomingDEATH PENALTY
Wyoming has not had an execution since 1992
Wyoming has not had an execution since 1992
- JANUARY 1, 1999OhioDEATH PENALTY
A bill to allow evidence at sentencing that the death...
A bill to allow evidence at sentencing that the death penalty was being imposed in a demographically disparate manner was considered but not passed
- JANUARY 1, 1999WyomingDEATH PENALTY
Wyoming does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Wyoming does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999KansasDEATH PENALTY
Kansas did not reinstate the death penalty until 1994
Kansas did not reinstate the death penalty until 1994
- JANUARY 1, 1999ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
Colorado's new system of death sentencing using a three-judge...
Colorado's new system of death sentencing using a three-judge panel instead of a jury faced its first case in 1999
- JANUARY 1, 1999OregonDEATH PENALTY
Oregon does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Oregon does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded but does forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 1999ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
District Judge Michael Heydt - selected to decide whether...
District Judge Michael Heydt - selected to decide whether Lucas Salmon should be executed for a 1997 murder in Colorado Springs - refused to participate in this new process
- JANUARY 1, 1999New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
New Jersey does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
New Jersey does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded but does forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 1999North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
It has been revealed that North Korea immediately executes...
It has been revealed that North Korea immediately executes repatriated defectors whom it thinks it impossible to re-educate because they were exposed to too much information on South Korea while staying in China, and who may cause social unrest if they ar
- JANUARY 1, 1999West VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
West Virginia does not have the death penalty, having...
West Virginia does not have the death penalty, having abolished it in 1965
- JANUARY 1, 1999United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A new dialogue about the death penalty appears to...
A new dialogue about the death penalty appears to be under way inside the Supreme Court
- JANUARY 1, 1999PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Pennsylvania is the only state in the Northeastern...
Pennsylvania is the only state in the Northeastern United States to have an execution since the death penalty was reinstated
- JANUARY 1, 1999São Tomé & PríncipeDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Sao...
The Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe (1990) at Art
- JANUARY 1, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
In January 1998, the Government presented a draft law...
In January 1998, the Government presented a draft law for the abolition of the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 1999ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Arizona does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Arizona does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
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- JANUARY 1, 1999MichiganDEATH PENALTY
A poll of 600 people taken April 21-25 in Michigan...
A poll of 600 people taken April 21-25 in Michigan indicated that support for the death penalty is declining and the majority of residents (56%) would prefer a life sentence and payment to victims' families instead of the death penalty (33%)
- JANUARY 1, 1999South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
One of the most recent inmates to be freed from death...
One of the most recent inmates to be freed from death row is from South Carolina
- JANUARY 1, 1999VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Virginia does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Virginia does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
South Carolina does not forbid the execution of the...
South Carolina does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders and does not have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999MississippiDEATH PENALTY
Mississippi does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Mississippi does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
A Star-Ledger/Eagleton poll released in October found...
A Star-Ledger/Eagleton poll released in October found that 63% of New Jersey residents favor the death penalty for persons convicted of murder
- JANUARY 1, 1999UtahDEATH PENALTY
Utah was the state with the first execution after the...
Utah was the state with the first execution after the death penalty was reinstated
- JANUARY 1, 1999North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Public executions are held frequently in North Korea,...
Public executions are held frequently in North Korea, though the North Korean authorities try to deny the fact
- JANUARY 1, 1999BahamasDEATH PENALTY
The UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary...
The UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions denounced the execution of Trevor Fisher and Richard Woods on October 1998
- JANUARY 1, 1999NevadaDEATH PENALTY
Nevada forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Nevada forbids the execution of the mentally retarded but does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 1999NevadaDEATH PENALTY
A bill to provide $120,000 to establish a death penalty...
A bill to provide $120,000 to establish a death penalty resource center was defeated
- JANUARY 1, 1999ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
Colorado has one of the better systems of legal representation,...
Colorado has one of the better systems of legal representation, a small death row and no executions in 1999 or 1998
- JANUARY 1, 1999United States Armed ForcesDEATH PENALTY
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- JANUARY 1, 1999UtahDEATH PENALTY
Utah does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Utah does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole