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Maryland?s death penalty: an endangered species

By cdw

via WaPo &  every blogger who isn’t in trial hell: Gov. Martin O’Malley said yesterday that he will do “everything in my power” to abolish the death penalty in Maryland this year and for the first time raised the possibility of allowing voters to decide the divisive issue through a constitutional amendment if legislative repeal efforts fail again. “It’s an issue with grave moral implications, certainly equal to the slots legislation,” O’Malley said, referring to the casino gambling referendum that was approved by voters last year. “Maybe that’s the way to go.” The governor, a Democrat, said he intends to sponsor a bill to repeal capital punishment, which would put more of his political capital behind the issue...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on January 16, 2009 (boomark / email).