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Colorado House to Debate Repeal Today

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The Colorado House goes into session at 9:00 am, this morning, and HB 1274 is the today's House Calendar.  The session will be webcast at this LINK.Today's Denver Post has commentary on the issue.  First, University of Colorado at Boulder Sociology prof Mike Radelet writes, "Using death penalty funds to catch murderers."The FBI homicide data for 2007 are now out, and they reveal a shameful failure that many Colorado prosecutors and politicians would love to hide. Whereas 90 percent of all homicides were resolved with an arrest in 1960, the clearance rate has now plummeted to 61.2 percent. In other words, if someone we love is murdered, chances are 4 in 10 that the killer will successfully escape justice. Indeed, over 1,400 homicides have occurred in Colorado since 1970 that have not been solved...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 15, 2009 (boomark / email).