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West Virginia does not have capital punishment. West Virginia Public Broadcasting today reports, "Death penalty fails in House."A Republican delegate failed in his back-door attempt to pass the death penalty in West Virginia.Now serving his 25th successive year in the House, Delegate John Overington, R-Berkeley, is the ranking member in seniority and is on the Rules Committee. He?s been an advocate of returning the death penalty in this state for nearly as long. Overington also serves on the House Judiciary Committee. Delegate Carrie Webster, D-Kanawha, who chairs that committee, is outraged Overington didn?t offer his amendment to insert capital punishment into one of these two bills during committee deliberations instead of blindsiding her on the floor...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 17, 2009 (boomark / email).

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