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New Hampshire Senate Rejects Expansion Legislation

By Steve Hall

"Death penalty bill dropped by Senate," is the title of Kevin Landrigan's report in today's Nashua Telegraph.The State Senate shipped off to political oblivion Wednesday the proposed expansion of the death penalty to cover home invasions in memory of Kimberly Cates who was slain in Mont Vernon. Opponents said it would be premature to adjust the capital murder law in any way while a high-powered commission completes a comprehensive, cost versus benefit analysis of the death penalty versus life without the possibility of parole.?It is fully appropriate to wait for the commission to complete their work and address this issue as part of their deliberations,? said State Sen. Beth Reynolds, D-Plymouth.The heinous killing of Cates and attempted killing of her daughter, Jaimie, 11, has left families feeling unsafe in their homes, said Sen...continue to full post

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