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Bill seeking death penalty abolition inspires emotional testimony |
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February 14, 2013
By Charles S. Johnson
Gazette State Bureau
HELENA — Some families of murder victims lined up opposite side of a bill Thursday to abolish the death penalty in Montana and replace it with life imprisonment with no possibility of parole.
Some religious leaders also were divided on House Bill 370, by Rep. Doug Kary, R-Billings, at a long, emotional hearing before the House Judiciary Committee. The panel took no immediate action the bill.
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Death penalty debate looms: Proponents, opponents of repeal converge on Annapolis |
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PFADP is in Maryland to provide witness and call for death penalty repeal in the state. We will continue to keep you updated on events as they unfold.
February 14, 2013
By Timothy B. Wheeler
The Baltimore Sun
Opponents and supporters of the death penalty are expected to converge on Annapolis today to air their views on the emotional issue, as lawmakers appear closer than ever to abolishing capital punishment in Maryland.
Gov. Martin O'Malley is scheduled to testify before both House and Senate committees hearing bills he is co-sponsoring that would end the death penalty. Among those set to join him in calling for repeal are Catholic Archbishop William E. Lori, NAACP President Benjamin T. Jealous and other religious and civil rights leaders.
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February 12, 2013
Maryland is on the brink of repealing the death penalty.
If you live in Maryland, please take a moment to encourage your legislators to support death penalty repeal, http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1576/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=12499.
Hearings are scheduled in the Maryland House and Senate this Thursday, February 14. Let's fill the chambers. For locations and times, click here.
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Bipartisan group sends 100 Montanans to Helena in support of bill abolishing death penalty |
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February 11, 2013
By Ketti Wilhelm
Montana Kaimin
About 100 citizen lobbyists descended on Helena Friday to advocate for a bill that would end the death penalty in Montana.
Many advocates of House Bill 370, including at least 20 from the Missoula and Bitterroot areas, arrived on busses provided by the Montana Abolition Coalition – the group responsible for the bill.
“The death penalty is a system that is broken beyond repair,” said Jennifer Kirby, the Coalition’s coordinator.
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February 12, 2013
Hearings about Maryland's death penalty repeal bill are scheduled in the Maryland House and Senate this Thursday, February 14. Let's fill the chambers!
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A Death Penalty Fight Comes Home |
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February 5, 2013
By Scott Shane
The New York Times
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Kirk Noble Bloodsworth, a beefy, crew-cut man whose blue T-shirt read “Witness to Innocence,” took the microphone in a church hall here and ran through his story of injustice and redemption one more time. Twenty years ago, he walked out of a Maryland prison, the first inmate in the nation to be sentenced to death and then exonerated by DNA.
About 60 activists against the death penalty listened with rapt attention, preparing to descend on state legislators to press their case. Maryland appears likely in the next few weeks to join the growing list of states that have abolished capital punishment. Some longtime death penalty opponents say no one in the country has done more to advance that cause than Mr. Bloodsworth. But ending executions in Maryland, the state that once was determined to kill him, would be a personal victory for him.
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