In at least 12 states, legislation to suspend executions has been introduced.

Illinois and Maryland have suspended executions.

Illinois, by executive order, and New Jersey, through its Legislature, have suspended executions.

Let's temporarily suspend federal executions and let a thoughtfully chosen commission examine the system.

They face the death penalty, though the Government has suspended executions.

From 1964 until 1976 the U.S. Supreme Court had suspended executions.

Some countries have resumed practicing the death penalty after having suspended executions for long periods.

They said the execution would become a powerful tool in their fight to overturn the death penalty, or at least suspend executions in the state.

Eight other states, including New York, have also suspended executions in recent years, most because of court decisions.

The governors of Illinois and Maryland used their executive powers to suspend executions in their states.