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We have editorials from Maryland and Florida; commentary from Florida, Illinois and Washington.Let's begin with the Frederick News-Post editorial, "Lingering death."  It appeared in the Friday edition.Death-penalty legislation had a high profile in this year's session of the General Assembly. Not only did lawmakers engage in an intense debate over the subject, but the public was also extremely engaged. Here at The Frederick News-Post, we received a number of letters to the editor and commentaries, some of which supported retaining capital punishment in Maryland, and others that called for rescinding the state's death penalty.In the end, the state's new version of capital punishment satisfies neither side in the debate...continue to full post

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