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The Montana Senate Judiciay Committee is set to consider SB 236, today.  It would replace the state's death penalty with a life without parole sentence."Gov. takes no side on death penalty" is the AP report via Helena's KXMD-TV.Gov. Brian Schweitzer made no commitment about where he stands in a meeting with opponents of the death penalty. The meeting Tuesday came on the eve of a hearing for a bill to abolish the death penalty in Montana. Democrat Schweitzer has said in the past that he supports the death penalty. Members of the anti-death penalty group Abolition Coalition organized the meeting, at which the governor spoke with crime victims' families who oppose the death penalty. Amnesty International says 137 countries have abolished the death penalty while 59 retain it...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 04, 2009 (boomark / email).