Minnesota, abbreviated MN, does not allow the death penalty. MN is in the Midwest region. Before 1976, MN had 66 executions and after 1976 they had no executions. On death row, MN doesn’t have anyone on there currently. There are also no women on death row. The murder rate per 100,00 is 2.2. In MN life without parole is an option and a defendant can’t get death for a felony in which he/she was not responsible for the murder. Also, there weren’t any people who were innocent freed from death row. The number of clemencies, a disposition to show mercy, granted is also zero (Death Penalty Information, 2009).
Source:
Death Penalty Information Center. (2009.) State by state database. Retrieved from http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/state_by_state
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