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Gov. Richardson, Activists Honored in Rome After New Mexico Repeals Death Penalty

By "Persian Cowboy"

Democracy Now, April 20, 2009Mexico became the second state in the country to repeal the death penalty last month. After years of struggle by campaigners, the repeal was approved by the New Mexico Senate in February and the House in March. Governor Richardson and the state?s leading campaigners were honored at a ceremony at the Colosseum in Rome last week and met with the Pope. We speak with two anti-death penalty campaigners just back from Italy.We turn now to a major victory in New Mexico, which, last month, become the second state in the country to repeal the death penalty. After years of struggle by campaigners, the repeal was approved by the New Mexico Senate in February and the House in March. Governor Bill Richardson, who had previously supported capital punishment, signed the bill into law on March 18th, calling it the ?most difficult decision? in his political life...continue to full post

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