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In New Hampshire

By Steve Hall

Tom Fahey writes, "House blocks introduction of home invasion bill," for the Union Leader.Leaders of the New Hampshire House yesterday blocked the late introduction of a bill that would punish home invasion murders with the death penalty.In rejecting the bill's late arrival, Democratic lawmakers said an identical proposal is moving ahead in the Senate, at the same time a special commission studies all aspects of the death penalty.Rep. William O'Brien, R-Mont Vernon, urged the House Rules Committee to allow his bill to move forward even though he missed a deadline for new bills. He said he was prompted by the October home invasion in which four teens allegedly hacked Kimberly Cates to death in her bed with a machete, and left her daughter for dead...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on December 18, 2009 (boomark / email).