North Dakota

Milestones in Abolition/​Reinstatement

In 1915, North Dakota abol­ished the death penal­ty except for two crimes: trea­son and mur­der com­mit­ted by an inmate already serv­ing a life sen­tence. The last rem­nants of cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment were abol­ished in 1973.

Interesting Facts

North Dakota has car­ried out only 8 exe­cu­tions in its history.

The last per­son exe­cut­ed in North Dakota was John Rooney in 1905.

Resources

• Department of Corrections
• ACLU of North Dakota
• North Dakota State’s Attorneys Association
• Public defend­er’s office
• Victims’ ser­vices