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The District of Columbia


State update

Date death penalty abolished

1972

How was the death penalty abolished?

The U.S. Supreme Court nullified the D.C. death penalty law in 1972. In 1981, the law was also repealed by the D.C. Council (source: Rene Sanchez, "Some in D.C. Clergy Fight Death Penalty Measure," The Washington Post, Sept. 26, 1992.

Number of inmates on Federal Death Row who committed their crimes in Washington, D.C.

0



There is no death penalty in this state.


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