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    {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "which%20states%20of%20the%20united%20states%20of%20america%20still%20carries%20the%20death%20penilty%3F"
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    {
        "role": "assistant",
        "content": "Here\u2019s a summary of which U.S. states currently **still have** the death penalty, and which ones have **abolished** it, as of 2026:\n\n---\n\n### \u2696\ufe0f States That Retain the Death Penalty\n\n27 states still legally allow capital punishment. However, not all of them actually carry out executions\u2014some have moratoriums (executions are paused) or haven\u2019t executed anyone in a long time. ([legalclarity.org](https://legalclarity.org/which-states-have-capital-punishment/?utm_source=openai))\n\nHere are the 27 states where the death penalty is **on the books**:\n\n- Alabama  \n- Arizona  \n- Arkansas  \n- California  \n- Florida  \n- Georgia  \n- Idaho  \n- Indiana  \n- Kansas  \n- Kentucky  \n- Louisiana  \n- Mississippi  \n- Missouri  \n- Montana  \n- Nebraska  \n- Nevada  \n- North Carolina  \n- Ohio  \n- Oklahoma  \n- Oregon  \n- Pennsylvania  \n- South Carolina  \n- South Dakota  \n- Tennessee  \n- Texas  \n- Utah  \n- Wyoming ([legalclarity.org](https://legalclarity.org/what-states-still-have-the-death-penalty/?utm_source=openai))\n\n**Notes**:  \n- **California**, **Ohio**, **Oregon**, and **Pennsylvania** have official or gubernatorial moratoriums (they aren\u2019t currently carrying out executions). ([naacpldf.org](https://www.naacpldf.org/our-thinking/death-row-usa/?utm_source=openai))  \n- Some states have capital punishment in law but have gone years\u2014sometimes decades\u2014without executing anyone. ([deathpenaltyinfo.org](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/state-and-federal-info/state-by-state/?utm_source=openai))\n\n---\n\n### \ud83d\udeab States That Have Abolished the Death Penalty\n\n23 states + the District of Columbia have abolished capital punishment completely. ([legalclarity.org](https://legalclarity.org/which-states-have-capital-punishment/?utm_source=openai))\n\nThese are the states without the death penalty:\n\n- Alaska  \n- Colorado  \n- Connecticut  \n- Delaware  \n- Hawaii  \n- Illinois  \n- Iowa  \n- Maine  \n- Maryland  \n- Massachusetts  \n- Michigan  \n- Minnesota  \n- New Hampshire  \n- New Jersey  \n- New Mexico  \n- New York  \n- North Dakota  \n- Rhode Island  \n- Virginia  \n- Vermont  \n- Washington  \n- West Virginia  \n- Wisconsin ([deathpenaltyinfo.org](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/state-and-federal-info/state-by-state/?utm_source=openai))\n\nAlso, Washington, D.C. doesn\u2019t have the death penalty. ([deathpenaltyinfo.org](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/executions/executions-overview/states-with-no-recent-executions?utm_source=openai))\n\n---\n\nIf you want, I can also pull up which states are *actively executing*, which only *schedule executions but haven\u2019t done so recently*, or how many inmates are on death row by state."
    }
]