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New York


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Link to New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty

Date death penalty abolished

October 2007

How was the death penalty abolished?

In 2004, the capital punishment law in the state was declared unconstitutional; in October 2007, the New York Court of Appeals ruled that the death sentence of the last death row inmate in the state was unconstitutional.

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

1



There is no death penalty in this state.


Contact the SDPAC for New York

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

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