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"Miller Wants Quick Vote on Death Penalty," is from today's Annapolis Digest in the Washington Post.  It's by John Wagner.Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (D-Calvert) said yesterday that he would like to see a relatively quick, up-or-down committee vote on a bill to repeal Maryland's death penalty.His comment is the latest move in a procedural chess game that could affect the outcome of the legislation, which Miller opposes but is a priority for Gov. Martin O'Malley (D).Similar bills have died in recent years in the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee, which held a hearing on O'Malley's repeal legislation last week.To avoid the same fate, bill supporters are considering seeking a committee vote to send the legislation to the Senate floor without a recommendation on its merits...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 24, 2009 (boomark / email).