Maryland House of Delegates votes to repeal death penalty - baltimoresun.com
Maryland's General Assembly voted to repeal the capital punishment last Friday. The State has a 375-year history of the death penalty.
The House of Delegates approved Gov. O'Malley's repeal of the legislation with a vote of 82-56. The Governor is sure to sign the bill.
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Maryland's General Assembly voted to repeal the capital punishment last Friday. The State has a 375-year history of the death penalty.
The House of Delegates approved Gov. O'Malley's repeal of the legislation with a vote of 82-56. The Governor is sure to sign the bill.
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"We're a better state for ending it," said Del. Sandy Rosenberg, a Democrat from Baltimore who has long pushed for repeal . . . Delegates spoke of religion, morality and personal loss, as well as grisly murders from Maryland's recent past, in variously trying to persuade colleagues to erase capital punishment from the books or keep it for the most heinous crimes . . . "The death penalty is not a deterrent. It is justice," said Del. C.T. Wilson, a former prosecutor and a Charles County Democrat. "I've seen the worst of the worst. It is necessary."
An increasing number of States are outlawing the death penalty. Do you see this as a good thing? Is the death penalty an effective crime deterrent?