A repeal of Maryland's death penalty is expected to pass the state Senate next week, but voters could have the ultimate say on its fate in the 2014 election.
Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr., D-Prince George's and Calvert counties, has said he expects the issue, which received preliminary approval Friday, to go to voter referendum. That possibility was improved when senators eliminated a funding provision, as legislation that can be considered a budget item cannot go to referendum under Maryland rules.
Police and prosecutors throughout the state are fighting to keep the death penalty for those who commit heinous crimes. They argue that capital punishment is a valuable tool and that the death penalty is the only thing deterring violent criminals already serving prison terms from killing corrections officers or one another.
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4 comments:
The death penalty will never deter criminals if you just let the convicts sit alive for another 20 to 30 years! Trick is to actually KILL them, opening up 6 more cells for the next batch, and only provide them with a one year lease!
We need to keep it, and use it on those idiots voting to take our guns!
The death penalty allows 20 years of appeals for inmates. The violents in prison, jails and detention center will continue.
Hopefully, any murder is considered heinous. These perps definitely should get a death sentence.
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