Capital punishment in American Samoa
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Capital punishment is a legal form of punishment in American Samoa, an unincorporated territory of the United States. The only crime punishable by death is first degree murder, but American Samoa last executed a prisoner in the 1930s; the method used was hanging.[1]
Recently, Governor Togiola Tulafono proposed to abolish the death penalty and make life in prison without parole a sole punishment for murder.
See also
- List of United States death row inmates
- Capital punishment debate in the United States
- List of wrongful convictions in the United States
- List of exonerated death row inmates
