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"Death Penalty Moratorium Gains Support in Missouri," is in the KC Tribune.  It's written by Debbie Coleman-Topi.Organizers of a longtime movement to halt executions of convicted criminals believe the years of protests and lobbying may finally be paying off. The effort is gaining momentum in Missouri's statehouse.A legislative bill that calls for a three-year death penalty moratorium forms the root of the group's optimism, said Jude Huntz, an official with the Kansas City-St. Joseph Diocese of the Catholic Church. The bill has garnered 65 co-sponsors in the Missouri House, while a similar version of the bill has about six co-sponsors in the Missouri Senate, said Huntz, who leads a group of vocal death penalty opponents...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 23, 2009 (boomark / email).