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Report May Put Final Nail in Death Penalty
by DAN RODRICKS In the report from the Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment, the people of this state and their elected representatives have all the evidence needed to abolish the death penalty, once and for all, in the next session of the General Assembly. But…
Author: The Baltimore Sun
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Victim's race skews death penalty
Someone accused of killing a white person in North Carolina is nearly three times as likely to get the death penalty than someone accused of killing a black person, according to a study released Thursday by two researchers who looked at death sentences over a…
Author: News Observer
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Hope rising in US for national death penalty ban
by Lucile Malandain Death penalty opponents in the United States hope New Mexico’s decision to ban capital punishment is a turning point and the economic crisis is bolstering the abolition argument. Last week Governor Bill Richardson made the southwestern state the 15th in the nation…
Author: Agence France Presse
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Md. Panel Hears Views On Death Penalty; Urban Institute Study Says Capital Cases Cost Much More
by John Wagner The cost associated with prosecuting a case in Maryland in which the death penalty is imposed is on average $1.9 million more than the cost of a similar case in which capital punishment is not sought, a researcher told a state commission…
Author: The Washington Post
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A Death Penalty Puzzle
The Murky Evidence for and Against Deterrence Original Source By Cass R. Sunstein and Justin Wolfers Although the Supreme Court banned capital punishment for child rape last week, the justices have made it clear that for homicide, states may inflict the ultimate penalty. Last month,…
Author: The Washington Post
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Md. death penalty commission holds 2nd hearing
Original Source By BRIAN WITTE, The Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The daughter of a murdered elderly couple told a commission studying Maryland’s death penalty on Tuesday to fix flaws in capital punishment – not to repeal it – while critics argued that capital cases…
Author: Associated Press
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Death Penalty Repeal Fails in Colorado
by KIRK JOHNSON DENVER — An effort to repeal Colorado’s death penalty law stumbled Monday in the State Senate after two hours of sometimes anguished and angry debate, leaving the bill in limbo and supporters scrambling to find votes as the end of the session…
Author: The New York Times
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Md. prosecutor: Death penalty imposed sparingly
by BRIAN WITTE Maryland rarely executes prisoners and reserves such punishment for the worst criminals, a prosecutor told a state commission Tuesday. But a commissioner once sentenced to death said his case proved that innocent people can end up on death row. Baltimore County State’s…
Author: The Associated Press State & Local Wire
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Death Penalty Repealed in New Mexico
Governor Bill Richardson signed legislation on March 18 to repeal New Mexico’s death penalty, saying it was the “most difficult decision in my political life.” Atlantic congratulates its grantee, The New Mexico Coalition to Repeal the Death Penalty, and all member organizations who advocated for the…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Death Penalty Debate Likely Still On Despite Panel
A Maryland Senate committee narrowly rejected Gov. Martin O’Malley’s bill yesterday to repeal the death penalty, but the measure will likely be debated by the full Senate next week under a rare procedural move. The vote by the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee was seen as…
Author: The Washington Post