The last time the State of New Hampshire executed anyone was in 1939. For the last 20 years, there has been a bill every biennium to repeal the death penalty. In 2000, a repeal bill passed both Houses and was vetoed by then-Gov. Jeanne Shaheen. 

In 2019, there is an impressive bipartisan coalition supporting HB 455, a bill that would change the death penalty in N.H. to life without parole. It seems likely that the bill will pass in both the House and Senate. Gov. Chris Sununu has said that he will veto it. There could well be, for the first time in 20 years, enough support for repeal to override the governor’s veto. 

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