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Montana Repeal Bill Approved by Senate Judiciary Committee

By Steve Hall

"Legislators advance ban on death penalty in Montana," is the initial AP report via the Missoulian. A proposed ban to the death penalty in Montana is headed to a vote on the Senate floor. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 7-5 Thursday in favor of replacing the death penalty with life in prison without the possibility of parole. Supporters of the repeal argue the possibility of wrongfully putting an innocent person to death makes the death penalty unjust. Those who want to keep the death penalty argue it makes sense for those who commit heinous crimes. Sen. Anders Blewett of Great Falls says capital punishment is unfair because it is disproportionally levied against the poor. "Death penalty ban advances in Mont. legislature," is an updated AP report, via NECN...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 10, 2011 (boomark / email).