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The Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan reports, "Notable Bills Still On Rounds' Desk."Saturday is the deadline for Gov. Mike Rounds to take action on a couple of dozen notable bills the Legislature passed before beginning its two-week recess Feb. 29.And:Changes in death-penalty procedures would be required by another pending bill that outlines steps a judge must use to decide if someone is mentally incompetent and an execution should be stopped. When a death-row inmate appears to be mentally incompetent, current law says the prison warden must notify the governor, who then appoints a panel of doctors to determine whether the inmate is mentally competent to be executed. The bill would instead shift the proceedings to circuit court, where a judge could order psychiatric examinations and hold hearings to determine competency...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 14, 2008 (boomark / email).