A BIG legislative win in Maryland
The Maryland legislature voted overwhelmingly in favor of a death penalty study commission Monday night. The votes were 89-48 in the House and 33-14 in the Senate. The bills need to be reconciled and will go to a conference committee to agree on language and then back through both houses to approve the final version. The Baltimore Sun notes:
The House of Delegates voted today to create a commission to study capital punishment in Maryland, after efforts to repeal the death penalty failed for a second straight year.
The Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment also would study the risk of innocent people being executed and compare the costs of executing someone with the expense of imprisoning someone for life without parole.
Thanks to our friends at EJUSA for the update & congrats to CASE & the people of Maryland.
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