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As goes Maryland, so goes the nation on capital punishment?

By Douglas A. Berman

The stories surrounding Maryland's policy debates over the death penalty have been dynamics and interesting for quite sometime.  But now that a commission appointed by Maryland's governor has formally recommended abolishing capital punishment, any and everyone interesting in death penalty law and policy ought to be keeping a very close eye on what goes on in this state.  Here are the latest specifics from this Baltimore Sun article: Armed with a recommendation from a state commission to abolish Maryland's death penalty, opponents who have long sought to end the practice are hoping to finally put the matter to rest by pressuring key lawmakers to switch their votes.... Death penalty opponents plan to be active in the districts of lawmakers who might be swayed...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 14, 2008 (boomark / email).