Capital Punishment Divides Legislators, but Not Along Party Lines By Amber Widgery Unlike other controversial topics, there is no party line when it comes to the death penalty. Since 2015, 25 states have enacted more than 60 new laws addressing capital punishment, from expanding or limiting aggravating factors and modifying execution methods to changing trial procedures or repealing the practice altogether. At NCSL’s 2019 Legislative Summit in Nashville, a panel of lawmakers