 Linda Kenyon, CBS News, Washington. Delaware lawmakers are pushing to prevent the death penalty from returning. WDEL's Sean Green is more. 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.