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Montana Governor Watching

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"Governor Keeping Close Eye on Death Penalty Debate," is Matt Gouras' AP report via Montana's Flat Head Beacon.Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Monday he remains in favor of the death penalty, but is keeping an open mind as a proposed ban advances in the Legislature. Schweitzer, in an interview, said he continues to gather more information and has met with both sides of the debate ? potentially opening the door for him to sign the ban if it clears both chambers. The proposed ban has already cleared a Senate controlled by Republicans. It awaits a committee hearing later this month in a House split 50-50 between the parties, although controlled for organizational purposes by the Democrats. Proponents argue that executing a prisoner is more costly than a sentence of life in prison and that the risk of killing an innocent person is just too great...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 10, 2009 (boomark / email).