Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/03/maryland-senate-votes-to-repeal-death-penalty.php
Monday, March 11, 2013
Maryland Senate votes to repeal death penalty
[JURIST] The Maryland Senate [official website] on Wednesday voted 27-20 [roll call vote] to repeal the death penalty, a legislative goal long sought by Governor Martin O'Malley [official website]. Passed after several days of debate, Senate Bill 276 [text, PDF] seeks to repeal "the death penalty and all provisions relating to it," and will prescribe sentences of life imprisonment for individuals convicted of first degree murder. The law [materials] also requires that, beginning in 2015, the projected $500,000 in savings...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment