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Massachusetts


State update

Link to Massachusetts Citizens Against the Death Penalty

Date death penalty abolished

October 18, 1984

How was the death penalty abolished?

Through a ruling of the Supreme Judicial Court, which declared the Massachusetts death penalty law unconstitutional. Source: Resources for Keeping the Death Penalty out of Massachusetts

Number of inmates on Federal Death Row who committed their crimes in Massachusetts

1

Number of people exonerated from death row since 1973

3

Names of people exonerated from death row since 1973



There is no death penalty in this state.


Contact the SDPAC for Massachusetts

Send a message to the State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator for Massachusetts. Be sure to include your contact information so they can get back to you.

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