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New Hampshire House Rejects Late Consideration of Death Penalty Expansion Bill

By Steve Hall

"NH lawmakers reject expansion of death penalty," is the title of Kevin Landrigan's Nashua Telegraph report.The New Hampshire House of Representatives rejected legislation filed in the wake of the Mont Vernon murders that would have expanded the death penalty to cover home invasions. Mont Vernon Republican state Rep. William O?Brien said Wednesday that the brutal slaying of Kimberly Cates last October motivated him to pursue the bill.?We cannot by our vote today or by the proposed late-filed bill bring back Kimberly Cates. We know that. We can?t heal her daughter?s wounds. We know that,? O?Brien began.?We can, by our vote today, however, express our deep concern and respect for the lives of our constituents.? The vote to admit O?Brien?s House bill for the 2010 session required a two-thirds majority to advance...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 07, 2010 (boomark / email).