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Is New Mexico Poised to Abolish?

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"The End of the Death Penalty?" is the report in the alt-weekly Alibi.In 2005 and 2007, Gail Chasey?s legislation suffered stinging defeats.The Democratic representative from Albuquerque saw her bill to end capital punishment languish in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Even if her bill had made it to a full vote in the Senate, Chasey admits she?s not sure it would have gotten to Gov. Bill Richardson?s desk. ?We may have lost it if we had gotten it to the Senate floor,? Chasey says. "I'll tell you now; we have the votes this year in the Senate.?Rep. Chasey?s bill to replace the death penalty with a sentence of life without parole made it past the House in 2005 and 2007. Chasey expects her legislation to clear the House again this year...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 29, 2009 (boomark / email).