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Coverage of the New Mexico Repeal Vote

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"Senate backs death-penalty repeal," is Steve Terrell's report in the Saturday edition of the Santa Fe New Mexican.Friday's decisive state Senate vote to repeal the death penalty in New Mexico was a direct result of November's election of several new lawmakers. That's the opinion expressed both by a leading supporter and by a leading opponent of House Bill 285, which would replace the death penalty with a sentence of life in prison without possibility of parole. The bill, which cleared the House 40-28 last month, passed the Senate 24-18 after a nearly three-hour debate. It now goes to Gov. Bill Richardson, who in recent days has said his support for capital punishment has softened and he hasn't decided whether he'll sign the legislation...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 16, 2009 (boomark / email).