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Revisit Death Penalty Bill

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That's the title of an OpEd in today's Denver Post written by the sponsors of HB 1274, Morgan Carroll and Paul Weissmann.  LINKOn the final day of the 2009 legislative session, the Senate failed by one vote to repeal the death penalty in Colorado and to transfer the money spent on endless legal battles to solve unsolved homicides instead. But while House Bill 1274's prospects of passing have ended, the debate over the policy continues. Colorado is a de facto no-death-penalty state already, so the debate is really less relevant than one over the use of limited resources. Colorado has executed only one person in the last 40 years. During the same time period, there have been 1,435 unsolved homicides in the state. The crime committed by Gary Lee Davis, the last executed murderer in Colorado, was horrific...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 21, 2009 (boomark / email).