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The Colorado Debate

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"Death penalty debate lingers," is Brandon Gee's report in the Steamboat Springs Pilot.Northwest Colorado?s top prosecutor and Rep. Randy Baumgardner, R-Hot Sulphur Springs, oppose a repeal of Colorado?s death penalty that passed the state House of Representatives in a tight 33-32 vote. House Bill 1274 would devote the expected savings of eliminating death as a sentencing option to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation?s Cold Case Homi­cide Team. It is sponsored by House Majority Lea­der Paul Weissmann, D-Louisville. After the House approval last week, the bill was introduced in the state Senate on Thursday and assigned to the State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee. State Sen. Al White, R-Hayden, did not return a phone call Friday seeking comment...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 27, 2009 (boomark / email).