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The Stamford Advocate has, "Lawmaker tries to abolish death penalty," reported by Brian Lockhart.The General Assembly's lengthy debate on criminal justice reforms was expected to be stretched a little longer last night by one lawmaker's crusade to abolish the death penalty. State Rep. William Dyson, D-New Haven, planned to introduce an amendment on the floor of the House of Representatives to replace the death penalty with a sentence of life in prison. "It's germane to the issue we have before us," Dyson said in an interview yesterday afternoon. A spokesman for House Speaker James Amann, D-Milford, said he could not stop Dyson from bringing up the amendment even though most agreed it would not be passed. "It's an open floor if Dyson wants to go for it, and it's open for any member to comment," spokesman Lawrence Perosino said...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 23, 2008 (boomark / email).