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More on Defeat of Virginia 'Triggerman' Legislation

By Steve Hall

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Virginia's Augusta Free Press carries, "Gilbert: 'We are back to square one' on triggerman bill," by Chris Graham.Legislation known as the triggerman bill that would extend exposure to the death penalty to people complicit but not actually participants in capital murders failed in a State Senate committee on Monday, and its proponents are blaming partisanship. ?Democrats stacked the Courts committee this year, and it shows,? State Sen. Mark Obenshain, R-Harrisonburg, wrote in an e-mail newsletter on Monday after the 9-6 party-line vote that killed his triggerman bill, SB 7, which would allow principals in the second degree and accessories before the fact to be charged as principals in the first degree in the cases of murder for hire, murder involving a continuing criminal enterprise, and terrorism...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 17, 2010 (boomark / email).

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