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The Clovis News Journal has a "Legislative Roundup," with 53 days remaining in the state's legislative session.Killing the death penalty: Rep. Gail Chasey, D- Albuquerque, on Monday introduced her bill to repeal the death penalty. House Bill 285 could be heard in Chasey?s Consumer and Public Affairs Committee as early as Thursday, abolition advocates said Monday. In past sessions, identical bills have cleared the House of Representatives but died in the Senate. This year, with additional Democrats in the Senate, advocates are more optimistic. However, Gov. Bill Richardson, who would have to sign the bill into law, has said in the past he favors keeping capital punishment.

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 27, 2009 (boomark / email).