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Maryland Legislation

By Steve Hall

John Wagner posted, "Death penalty bill sought by Md. Senate president seems derailed," yesterday afternoon at the Washington Post Maryland Politics blog.Death penalty opponents appear to have derailed a bill sought by the Maryland Senate president that would have loosened rules passed last year on prosecuting capital cases.Under the year-old law, prosecutors can now seek the death penalty only when at least one of three kinds of evidence are available: biological or DNA evidence; a videotaped confession; or a video recording linking the defendant to the crime.A bill co-sponsored this year by Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (D-Calvert) would add fingerprints and photographs to the categories of acceptable evidence. Death penalty opponents have fought the bill, saying it was a step in the wrong direction after Maryland adopted some of the tightest restrictions in the nation...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 24, 2010 (boomark / email).