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Capital punishment was abolished via the legislative process on May 2, 2013, in the U.S. state of Maryland. [ 1 ] The Metropolitan Transition Center still houses Maryland's now defunct execution chamber.
This is a list of at least 310 people executed in Maryland, United States, between 1638 and 2005. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Capital punishment in Maryland was abolished in 2013.
Capital punishment is retained in law by 55 UN member states or observer states, with 140 having abolished it in law or in practice. The most recent legal executions performed by nations and other entities with criminal law jurisdiction over the people present within its boundaries are listed below.
Pages in category "Capital punishment in Maryland" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Pages in category "Capital punishment in the United States by state" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Ivey campaigning for the passage of a 2012 bill to end capital punishment in Maryland. When Ivey first took office as state's attorney in 2002, he said he believed in using the death penalty . [ 80 ]
In 2001, Messitte sentenced Dustin John Higgs to die, making him the first person sentenced to death in federal court in Maryland. Higgs ordered the 1996 murders of three women on an isolated road in Beltsville, on federal land. [6] Higgs was executed in 2020, by which time capital punishment had been abolished in Maryland state law.
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