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In 2019, the New Hampshire State Senate and House passed another repeal bill, HB 455, this time with veto-proof majorities. Nevertheless, Governor Sununu again vetoed the bill on May 3, 2019. The veto was overridden on May 30, 2019. New Hampshire was the last New England state to outlaw the death penalty.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Gov. Chris Sununu vetoed a bill Friday to repeal New Hampshire's death penalty for a second time, though lawmakers are likely to override his decision in the fall.
A 2014 bill to repeal the New Hampshire death penalty law (not applicable retroactively to the Addison case than on appeal) passed the House of Representatives by a wide 225-104 margin. The State Senate was split 12-12, and the bill was tabled.
Since 2019, Democratic-majority legislatures in Colorado, New Hampshire and Virginia have done away with the death penalty. Blue states chart diverging paths on death penalty debate Skip to main ...
The murder led to the New Hampshire legislature expanding the crimes punishable by the death penalty to include murder during a home invasion. On May 30, 2019, the state repealed the death penalty, after state senators overrode a veto by Governor Chris Sununu. [13]
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Howard Long, the most recent person executed in New Hampshire (1939, 86 years ago) The following is a list of people executed in New Hampshire. Between 1739 and 1939, during which New Hampshire was first the Province of New Hampshire and then became a U.S. state, 24 people were so punished. The method used was hanging.
In 2019, the death penalty was repealed; as the repeal was not retroactive, Addison remains on death row. New Hampshire was the last state in the country to require public kindergarten, which was mandated in 2007.