Captial Gazette – MD death penalty debate continues, vote likely Wednesday
Posted: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 12:00 am | Updated: 4:31 pm, Tue Mar 5, 2013.
By ALEX JACKSON Staff Writer | 0 comments
Posted on March 5, 2013
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by Alex Jackson
The Maryland Senate gave preliminary approval to Gov. Martin O’Malley’s proposed death penalty repeal and will likely vote on the bill Wednesday after debate continued Tuesday morning.
The Senate shot down more than 10 proposed amendments proposed by opponents of the bill, including ones that would have allowed the death penalty for people who kill police officers or in schools and child-care centers.
O’Malley’s bill, Senate Bill 276, would make Maryland the 18th state to outlaw capital punishment.
Washington Post – Md. Senate panel approves measures on death penalty repeal, tighter gun-control
Gov. Martin O’Malley’s bill to abolish Maryland’s death penalty cleared a tall hurdle Thursday evening as a key Senate committee approved the measure for the first time and sent it to the full chamber for a vote next week.
The same Senate panel, which voted 6 to 5 for the repeal bill, later signed off on sweeping gun-control legislation, another top O’Malley priority, in a voting session that stretched until nearly midnight.
The News Advance – Prosecutors won’t seek resentencing in 2002 Lynchburg homicides
Posted: Thursday, February 28, 2013 11:43 am | Updated: 11:49 am, Thu Feb 28, 2013.
Dave Thompson
The man convicted of the 2002 slayings of a husband and wife in front of their two young daughters will spend the rest of his life in prison, said Lynchburg Commonwealth’s Attorney Mike Doucette.
At a news conference Thursday, Doucette said the Commonwealth will not seek a re-sentencing of Leon Winston in an attempt to procure a capital sentence.