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Amended Bill Passes Senate Judiciary

By Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing

Yesterday the Senate Judiciary Committee passed an amended version of the death penalty study extension bill, extending the life of the Committee to Study the Administration of the Death Penalty for two months through the end of 2008. The original extension bill would have extended the Committee?s life for a full year until October 2009.Senator Mark Norris of Memphis proposed the bill's amendment. Ultimately the amended bill passed with ?yes? votes from Senators Doug Jackson, Jim Kyle, Beverly Marrero, John Wilder, Diane Black and Mark Norris. Senators Jamie Woodson, Mae Beavers, and Paul Stanley passed on the vote.The District Attorneys? Conference has been resisting any extension of this Study Committee as its leadership claimed that the Committee was stacked with abolitionists...continue to full post

Full post as published by tcask:: on the road (to abolition) on April 18, 2008 (boomark / email).