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News Coverage of New Hampshire Hearing

By Steve Hall

Today's Nashua Telegraph reports, "Lawmakers hold hearing on Cates bill," written by Kathy Cleveland.The state can?t put to death the four men who allegedly killed Kimberly Cates, but New Hampshire can send ?a clear message: If you kill, you will be executed,? said state Rep. William O?Brien, R-Mont Vernon, during a Senate hearing Tuesday. The hearing was to discuss a bill to classify home invasion killings as capital crimes, which was prompted by the Oct. 4 murder and home invasion in Mont Vernon. Four young men stand accused of killing Cates and leaving her young daughter for dead.?Maybe Kimberly Cates would be picking up her daughter at school today? if the state?s death penalty bill had included home invasion, O?Brien said...continue to full post

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