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"House panel votes to abolish death penalty law," by Kevin Lee is on today's Kankakee Daily Journal website. Death row inmates may receive a reprieve from state lawmakers. A bill that would abolish the death penalty in Illinois was endorsed Wednesday by a House committee on a 4-3 vote. The bill?s sponsor, state Rep. Karen Yarbrough, D-Maywood, called for lawmakers to decide how Illinois punishes its worst criminals. Gov. George Ryan gained international fame when he declared a moratorium on executions in January 2000 because of uncertainty over several death row cases. The moratorium has been extended by Governors Rod Blagojevich and Pat Quinn. ?I think it?s time to have this debate with the present governor extending the moratorium...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 06, 2009 (boomark / email).