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New Mexico Abolition Bill Moves to House Vote

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"House committee votes for death penalty repeal," is Steve Terrell's report in Saturday's Santa Fe New Mexican.One member of the House Judiciary Committee ? which voted 8-to-5 Friday to recommend passage of a bill that would repeal the death penalty in New Mexico ? had a personal reason for opposing the bill. Rep. Paul Bandy, R-Aztec, once employed Timothy Allen, who is one of only two men on death row at the state penitentiary. Allen, 47, was convicted 13 years ago of the murder, kidnapping and attempted rape of Sandra Phillips, a 17-year-old girl. Today is the 15th anniversary of her disappearance. The next stop for House Bill 285, which replaces capital punishment with a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole, is the floor of the House...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 09, 2009 (boomark / email).