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News From Maryland

By Steve Hall

The Daily Record reports, "Death penalty debated before committee."  It's written by Steve Lash. A former Maryland House Speaker and a man who served time on death row before being exonerated urged lawmakers Tuesday to repeal capital punishment in the state. Opposing them were a county state?s attorney and law enforcement associations, who called the death penalty appropriate for the most heinous murders. The two sides battled before the House Judiciary Committee over House Bill 1075, which would abolish Maryland?s death penalty. The last attempt to repeal capital punishment in Maryland fell short in 2009. The legislative push that year did, however, lead to a law limiting the death penalty?s application to cases when the murderer?s conviction is based on DNA evidence; a videotaped, voluntary confession; or a video recording that conclusively links the defendant to the murder...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 16, 2011 (boomark / email).