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There is additional news today from Colorado and Utah.The Sunday Denver Post carries the editorial, "Fiscally (and morally), death penalty is wrong."A new bill introduced in the state House of Representatives would abolish the death penalty in Colorado. Majority Leader Paul Weissmann, D-Louisville, claims his motive for sponsoring the bill revolves around fiscal concerns and he has no interest in rehashing the moral debate surrounding the death penalty. Good luck. The bill, according to Democrats, would save the state an estimated $4 million annually, which would then be applied to help investigate cold cases. While we're not sold on the veracity of the savings figure ? considering the state has no idea how many death penalty cases the future holds ? we believe that Colorado, like many other states, should revisit the effectiveness and necessity of the death penalty...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 09, 2009 (boomark / email).