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A California legislative committee has approved a Berkeley lawmaker's proposal to allow voters to decide whether to abolish the death penalty. The bill must clear several other legislative hurdles before making it to the ballot.
Read More →Georgia corrections officials are considering using a different drug for lethal injections, possibly pentobarbital, after federal regulators seized the state's stockpile of sodium thiopental.
Read More →Gov. Bill Richardson went to Mass on Wednesday morning, then went to inspect the state penitentiary's high-security area and execution chamber. Then, shortly after 6 p.m., the governor signed legislation to repeal New Mexico's death penalty. He called it the toughest decision he had ever made.
Read More →The group, called Moratorium Now!, has gathered support from roughly 300 churches, businesses and private organizations. It plans to deliver a petition pushing for the death penalty freeze to Gov.-elect Jay Nixon and legislative leaders.
Read More →Paving the way to reinstate capital punishment in Massachusetts, a panel appointed by Gov. Mitt Romney has proposed a plan designed to better determine if a defendant is guilty of a crime and eligible for the death penalty.
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