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Maryland Legislation on Path to Governor

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"Restrictions on death penalty move forward in House," is Julie Bykowicz' report for the Baltimore Sun. The House of Delegates on Wednesday rejected a Republican-led effort to alter proposed restrictions on capital punishment in Maryland and have advanced a plan that death penalty opponents say will help guard against the possibility of executing an innocent person. Several delegates rose in objection to what they said was an effort by Gov. Martin O'Malley, a Democrat who opposes the death penalty, to silence their chamber. O'Malley asked a House committee earlier this month to pass restrictions adopted earlier by the Senate without amending them. Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, a Democrat and death penalty supporter, said his chamber would not debate capital punishment again this session...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 25, 2009 (boomark / email).