 State lawmakers here in Delaware are pushing to prevent the death penalty from returning. It's been 12 years since the last capital punishment was rendered in Delaware, and a bill that would take the death penalty out of the state's law books is heading to Governor Carney's desk. By a 14-7 margin, the state Senate supported the bill, cleaning up a Delaware court decision, rendering the death penalty unconstitutional. State Senator Kyle Evans Gay. I have sat in the Department of Justice conference room while the state executed an individual, and I believe