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Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment: end, don?t mend, Maryland?s broken death penalty

By cdw

By a vote of 13-9 the Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment recommended Friday to abolish the death penalty in Maryland. The Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment has reviewed testimony from experts and members of the public, relevant Maryland laws and court cases, as well as statistics and studies relevant to the topic of capital punishment in Maryland. After a thorough review of this information, the Commission recommends that capital punishment be abolished in Maryland. The following sections detail the findings that support the recommendations and address each major issue the Commission was charged with studying. The votes on the individual issues studied by the Commission where not nearly, as close, however, as the final tally suggests...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on December 13, 2008 (boomark / email).