Quick Facts:

• New Hampshire has a death penalty for first-degree murder, however there are no convicts currently under sentence of death.
• The last exection was in 1939.
• The most recent attempt to abolish the death penalty was in 2000, passing both houses of the legislature, but vetoed by Governor Shaheen.
• Execution is by lethal injection or hanging.
• New Hampshire's capital statute was enacted on January 1, 1991.
• New Hampshire law provides for life without the possibilty of parole for first-degree murder.

	Groups working to prevent executions and get the death penalty out of New Hampshire
		American Civil Liberties Union
		ACLU Death Penalty page		ACLU of New Hampshire Claire Ebel, Executive Director 18 Low Avenue Concord, NH 03301 (603) 225-3080  phone
		American Friends Service Committee
		New Hampshire Program Peacework magazine, April 1999 issue Peacework magazine, April 2000 issue		AFSC New Hampshire Office Arnie Alpert, Program Coordinator 4 Park St., Suite 209 PO Box 1081 Concord NH   03302 (603) 224-2407  phone (603) 228-6492  fax aalpert@afsc.org
		Amnesty International
		International Death Penalty Campaign AIUSA Program to Abolish the Death Penalty		State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator position open Please contact: aiusane@aiusa.org
		New Hampshire Coalition Against the Death Penalty
		NHCADP Home Page		Arnie Alpert, Coalition Chairperson c/o AFSC, above

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Last updated May 1, 2006