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Doubt and Death in Maryland

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That's the title of an OpEd in the Sunday Washington Post.  It's written by Michael Wein.  LINK When New Jersey abolished the death penalty last month, it was the first state to do so since the death penalty was reinstituted in 1976. Maryland, like New Jersey, is an infrequent user of the death penalty, with five executions since 1976 and five prisoners on death row. Should Maryland follow New Jersey's lead on ending the death penalty? Personally, I say sure. But given the difficulty in a repeal bill passing out of the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee and a recent poll showing that 57 percent of Marylanders support the death penalty (with 33 percent opposed), Gov. Martin O'Malley should instead take the lead against the death penalty in a way that may be adopted by states unlikely to rescind the law...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 28, 2008 (boomark / email).