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"Move May Aid Death Penalty Repeal Bill," is the report in today's Washington Post. With Gov. Martin O'Malley making repeal of the death penalty a top priority this year, lawmakers might invoke a rarely used parliamentary maneuver to spring his bill from the Senate committee that has killed similar legislation in recent years. Members of the Judicial Proceedings Committee said they are considering sending the repeal bill to the full Senate without making a recommendation on its merits, a move that could significantly increase the chances of its passage. Death penalty opponents say a majority of Senate members would vote for the bill. In interviews this week, two members of the committee who previously voted against a repeal bill said they are open to letting the full Senate decide the divisive issue...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 29, 2009 (boomark / email).