the death penalty was reinstated in texas in 1976.
when was the death penalty reinstated in texas?
1976
the national coalition to abolish the death penalty (ncadp) is a large organization dedicated to the abolition of the death penalty in the united states. founded in 1976 (the same year the death penalty was reinstated by the supreme court of the united states) by henry schwarzschild, the ncadp is the only fully staffed nationwide organization in the united states dedicated to the total abolition of the death penalty in the country. it also provides extensive information regarding imminent and past executions, death penalty defendants, numbers of people executed in the u.s., as well as a detailed breakdown of the current death row population, and a list of which u.s. state and federal jurisdictions use the death penalty.
national coalition to abolish the death penalty
other states which abolished the death penalty for murder before "gregg v. georgia" include: minnesota in 1911, vermont in 1964, iowa and west virginia in 1965 and north dakota in 1973. hawaii abolished the death penalty in 1948 and alaska in 1957, both before their statehood. puerto rico repealed it in 1929 and the district of columbia in 1981. arizona and oregon abolished the death penalty by popular vote in 1916 and 1964 respectively, but both reinstated it, again by popular vote, some years later; arizona reinstated the death penalty in 1918 and oregon in 1978. in oregon, the measure reinstating the death penalty was overturned by the oregon supreme court in 1981, but oregon voters again reinstated the death penalty in 1984. puerto rico and michigan are the only two u.s. jurisdictions to have explicitly prohibited capital punishment in their constitutions: in 1952 and 1964, respectively.
capital punishment in the united states