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HB 1274 Slated to Return to Colorado Senate

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It's the last day of the Colorado General Assembly legislative session.  Earlier this morning, House members refused to concur with Senate changes, which had stripped repeal from the bill.  HB 1274 is expected to return to the Senate floor later today, where supporters will attempt to restore death penalty repeal.   You can listen the Senate session, using Windows Media Player, here.The Denver Post reports in its most updated article, "Bill to repeal death-penalty ban springs back to life."  It's written by Jessica Fender.Lawmakers this morning put a ban on the death penalty back into a bill providing funding to solve cold case murders, setting up their colleagues for politically tricky votes on the controversial topic on the final day of the session...continue to full post

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