ANNAPOLIS, Md.— It’s been eight years since Maryland executed a convicted killer, but that could be the last time if the General Assembly, as expected, gives final passage this week to a bill to abolish capital punishment.
Gov. Martin O’Malley, a Democrat, has been pushing for the change since his first year in office. Now the Democratic-controlled legislature seems poised to make Maryland the 18th state in the nation to do away with the death penalty.
A repeal bill has already been approved by the state Senate and it was expected to win final passage from the House of Delegates on Friday.
The House advanced the legislation this week after delegates rejected nearly 20 amendments, mostly from Republicans, aimed at keeping capital punishment for the most heinous crimes.
If passed, life without the possibility of parole would be the most severe sentence in the state.
Read More at OfficialWire . By Brian White.
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They SUPPORT CRIMINAL, RAPIST, ROBBERS, MURDERERS, PEDOPHILES and ALL other CRIMINALS because THEY ARE the CRIMINALS!!!
Like the liberal state it is this makes sense not to execute killers who are caught red handed killing some innocent victim.Why not just put these killers in a place like Jesse Jackson Jr. will be going to if Obutthole doesn't pardon him first.
It's really life until parole.