State rankings
Hanging Legal States
Hanging Legal States: compare 51 US states on 2 metrics.
Legality
2 values across 51 entries
Data
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51 states
 Alabama | Illegal | — |
 Alaska | Illegal | — |
 Arizona | Illegal | — |
 Arkansas | Illegal | — |
 California | Illegal | — |
 Colorado | Illegal | — |
 Connecticut | Illegal | — |
 Delaware | Illegal | — |
 District of Columbia | Illegal | — |
 Florida | Illegal | — |
 Georgia | Illegal | — |
 Hawaii | Illegal | — |
 Idaho | Illegal | — |
 Illinois | Illegal | — |
 Indiana | Illegal | — |
 Iowa | Illegal | — |
 Kansas | Illegal | — |
 Kentucky | Illegal | — |
 Louisiana | Illegal | — |
 Maine | Illegal | — |
 Maryland | Illegal | — |
 Massachusetts | Illegal | — |
 Michigan | Illegal | — |
 Minnesota | Illegal | — |
 Mississippi | Illegal | — |
 Missouri | Illegal | — |
 Montana | Illegal | — |
 Nebraska | Illegal | — |
 Nevada | Illegal | — |
 New Hampshire | Illegal with 1 exception | New Hampshire abolished the death penalty in 2019 but the repeal did not apply retroactively. This left Michael Addison, who had been sentenced in 2008, on death row and facing execution. As of mid-2026, the ACLU and other groups were campaigning for the sentence to be reduced… |
 New Jersey | Illegal | — |
 New Mexico | Illegal | — |
 New York | Illegal | — |
 North Carolina | Illegal | — |
 North Dakota | Illegal | — |
 Ohio | Illegal | — |
 Oklahoma | Illegal | — |
 Oregon | Illegal | — |
 Pennsylvania | Illegal | — |
 Rhode Island | Illegal | — |
 South Carolina | Illegal | — |
 South Dakota | Illegal | — |
 Tennessee | Illegal | — |
 Texas | Illegal | — |
 Utah | Illegal | — |
 Vermont | Illegal | — |
 Virginia | Illegal | — |
 Washington | Illegal | — |
 West Virginia | Illegal | — |
 Wisconsin | Illegal | — |
 Wyoming | Illegal | — |
Quick answers
- Where does this hanging legal states data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Methods of Execution - Death Penalty Info; ACLU Pushes to Overturn Addison Death Sentence, Citing Racial Bias - New Hampshire Bulletin.