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"Richardson weighing death penalty repeal in New Mexico," is the AP report via the Dallas Morning News.Gov. Bill Richardson has been flooded with e-mail and callers offering their views on whether he should sign legislation to abolish the death penalty. Richardson, who must decide by midnight Wednesday whether to sign the bill, has received more than 6,000 responses on the death penalty, the governor's office said Monday. Those include people sending e-mail, calling the governor's office and meeting with Richardson in the Capitol. Caitlin Kelleher, a spokeswoman for the governor, said there was no tally of how many people have recommended that the governor sign the bill to repeal the death penalty or veto it, which would leave the death penalty in place...continue to full post

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