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Governor Richardson's Statement on Repeal

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Governor Richardson had this statement in signing the legislation.  Here's the complete text:Today marks the end of a long, personal journey for me and the issue of the death penalty. Throughout my adult life, I have been a firm believer in the death penalty as a just punishment ? in very rare instances, and only for the most heinous crimes. I still believe that. But six years ago, when I took office as Governor of the State of New Mexico, I started to challenge my own thinking on the death penalty. The issue became more real to me because I knew the day would come when one of two things might happen: I would either have to take action on legislation to repeal the death penalty, or more daunting, I might have to sign someone?s death warrant...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 19, 2009 (boomark / email).