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By Steve Hall

WBAL radio reports, "Death Penalty Bill Unveiled," by Robert Lang.Legislation has been introduced in the Maryland Senate to allow prosecutors to use fingerprints or photos as evidence when pursuing the death penalty. Baltimore County Democratic State Senator Norman Stone is the sponsor of Senate Bill 404, which has been referred to the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee. Senate President Mike Miller is co-sponsoring the legislation.  He says it is needed to close a loophole in the bill enacted last year. Lawmakers amended a bill that was meant to eliminate the death penalty, to require prosecutors have either DNA evidence, a confession, or videotape of a defendant committing a murder, in order to pursue a death sentence...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 01, 2010 (boomark / email).