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Montana Senate Hearing Report

By National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

Marietta Jeager-Lane Reports:As you may already know, MT's Senate Judiciary Committee passed our abolition bill, SB236, on to the Senate Floor, 7-5. The bill will be debated Monday afternoon, 2/16 starting at 1pm Mountain Time. Click here to listen live! In the above photo are the main speakers at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, left to right: Ron McAndrew, ex-FL warden, who oversaw 3 electric chair executions -- one of which men he felt was innocent and one whose execution was botched, literally cooking the poor guy to death for 1/2 hour. Marietta Jaeger-Lane, whose daughter Suzie was a kidnap-murder victim in a well known Montana case. Senator Dave Wanzenreid, (D), sponsor of our bill. Jennifer Thompson-Cannino, from North Carolina; You all may have heard about her before, but I never had...continue to full post

Full post as published by Abolish the Death Penalty on February 15, 2009 (boomark / email).