Capital punishment in New York
In 2005, supporters of the death penalty in the New York Legislature passed a bill restoring New York's death penalty in the Republican-controlled State Senate, but the legislation was voted down by a legislative committee in the Democratic-controlled New York Assembly, and was not enacted into law.
Hung jury
Of the 30 U.S. states with the death penalty, 28 provide the sentence to be decided by a jury, and 27 require a unanimous sentence.