Death Penalty Abolition in the States: It Begins

January 29, 2009 at 11:10 AM

Today, the first important committee hearings on state abolition bills will be held: one in New Mexico (HB285) and one in Nebraska (LB306).  Nebraska legislators will also be considering a bill to introduce lethal injection as the method of execution (LB36), since Nebraska’s sole method of state killing, the electric chair, was declared unconstitutional last year. 

Meanwhile, the Maryland bill repealing capital punishment has also been introduced in the Senate (SB279), and there appear to be serious discussions on how to break the logjam that has held this bill up in committee in the past, with even some death penalty supporters saying that it is important that this issue get a hearing in front of the full Senate.

Stay tuned …

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2 thoughts on “Death Penalty Abolition in the States: It Begins”

  1. Forgive me for not loving criminals, Amnesty International. I realize the error of my ways.

  2. Forgive me for not loving criminals, Amnesty International. I realize the error of my ways.

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