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Montana Legislative Debate

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"Death penalty foes try again to change state law," is the AP report via the Billings Gazette. Death penalty opponents are hoping they will be able to push a ban through the Legislature, following several failed attempts in recent years.The proposal to end the death penalty in Montana, in favor of life in prison without parole, got its first hearing in a Senate committee Wednesday.Supporters that lined up to push Senate Bill 236 included the Catholic church, family members of murder victims, some Democrats, some Republicans and many others.Opponents included some conservative Christians, the father of a murder victim, and others who argue that it stands as a deterrent to murder and is needed to deal with murderers.Two years ago the death penalty ban cleared the Senate but died in a House committee...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 05, 2009 (boomark / email).