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"N.H. Senate puts off action on death penalty bill," is the just-filed AP report via the Brattleboro Reformer.The state Senate has voted to put off action on a bill that would get rid of capital punishment, four months after New Hampshire sentenced a man to death for killing a police officer. The vote on a House-passed repeal bill could come up again later in the Senate. Death penalty supporters argued the law is a deterrent and is narrowly crafted - as evidenced by its rarity. Supporters of repealing the death penalty countered that executions are morally wrong. Michael Addison was sentenced to die in December for murdering Manchester police Officer Michael Briggs in 2006. Addison is appealing the sentence. Attorney General Kelly Ayotte said repealing the law would likely mean Addison would end up with life instead...continue to full post

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