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"Bill to impose death penalty moratorium dies," is Cy Ryan's report filed Satruday for the Las Vegas Sun.A bill that would have imposed a moratorium on carrying out the death penalty is now dead itself. Assemblyman Bernie Anderson, D-Sparks, introduced Assembly Bill 190 on Feb. 18 calling for a study of the costs of capital punishment cases compared to non-death penalty cases. It included a section that there would not be any executions until July 1, 2011, while the study was conducted. The Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections tabled the bill Saturday after an impassioned speech by Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio, a former district attorney. Raggio said this study bill ?is a forerunner of doing away with capital punishment...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 01, 2009 (boomark / email).