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An Editorial Roundup From Maryland, Ohio

By Steve Hall

The Sunday Baltimore Sun editorial was titled, "Inherently inhumane: Gov. O'Malley should take advantage of changes in Annapolis and a temporary shortage of a key lethal injection drug to work toward abolishing Maryland's death penalty law." An unexpected confluence of events this year has given Gov. Martin O'Malley a chance to advance a much-needed reform that he has long championed. Because of changes in the composition of the state Senate after last year's elections, the General Assembly may be more receptive than it has been in years past to ending executions in Maryland, not just limiting their application. Moreover, the only American manufacturer of a key chemical used in lethal injections announced last week that it would no longer produce the drug, a move that will likely put a de facto halt to executions across the U...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 31, 2011 (boomark / email).