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Rallying Maryland

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"Senate may debate death penalty repeal," is Julie Bykowicz's report in today's Baltimore Sun.An effort led by Gov. Martin O'Malley to end capital punishment in Maryland could be days away from a full Senate debate, a significant move forward for death penalty opponents who have seen their cause fail in a committee the past few years. The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee heard testimony last week, and its chairman, Sen. Brian E. Frosh, a Montgomery County Democrat who opposes capital punishment, said the committee will vote by the end of the week. The 11-member panel is closely divided, but appears likely to vote down the repeal, as it did two years ago. It would take an unusual procedural move to revive the bill at that point...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 26, 2009 (boomark / email).