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New Mexico Governor Signs Death Penalty Repeal Into Law

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Governor Bill Richardson has just held a news conference signing the measure into law."Richardson signs death penalty ban," is via the Santa Fe New Mexican.6:09 p.m. Richardson announces he will sign death penalty repeal. Calls system "inherently defective.""The repeal of the death penalty in new mexico is now in effect," Richardson said during the news conference. "Richardson abolishes N.M. death penalty," by Trip Jennings at New Mexico Independent.Tonight, Gov. Bill Richardson signed his name to a law that abolishes the death penalty in New Mexico, saying ?This has been the most difficult decision of my political career.? With his signature, Richardson made the Land of Enchantment the 15th U.S. state to ban capital punishment and pushed it into the worldwide community of states and nations that have abolished the death penalty, including many countries in the European Union...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 18, 2009 (boomark / email).