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Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment

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The Hagerstown Herald-Mail reports, "State to study its death penalty with list of agencies represented on commission."After bills to repeal Maryland?s death penalty failed for two straight years, a commission will study the state?s capital punishment system instead. During the 2008 legislative session, the Maryland General Assembly agreed to create the Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment and give it nearly six months to issue a report. The process of picking commission members is still under way, Christine Hansen, a spokeswoman for Gov. Martin O?Malley, said Wednesday. The law creating the commission takes effect July 1. The commission will be made up of 22 members from a variety of government and law enforcement entities, as well as members of the public, including relatives of a murder victim...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 29, 2008 (boomark / email).