Colorado governor Jared Polis (D.) on Monday evening signed the bill officially abolishing the death penalty in Colorado. The Colorado Senate on Thursday passed a bill ending the state's death penalty, more or less guaranteeing that the Centennial State will become the 22nd to abolish capital punishment. Colorado lawmakers have officially introduced their proposal to abolish the state's death penalty, the sixth attempt in recent years, but the first expected to pass. 
The Supreme Court on Friday evening rejected a Trump administration appeal to permit the resumption of federal executions after a nearly 20-year hiatus. 
The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to reinstate the federal death penalty.
