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Colo. may end death penalty to focus on cold cases

By P. SOLOMON BANDA, The Associated Press2009-05-02 15:18:25.0Current rank: Not rankedDENVER -Colorado and nine other states considered abolishing the death penalty this year to save money, but Colorado's proposal has a twist: It would use the savings to investigate about 1,400 unsolved slayings.The measure has started a fierce debate between prosecutors and some victims' families. Prosecutors want to keep capital punishment as an option for heinous crimes, and they say the bill has raised unrealistic hopes about solving cold cases.Supporters of the bill say it's more important to find and prosecute killers still on the loose than to execute the ones already tried and convicted."The death penalty is not relevant without a murderer brought to trial," said Laurie Wiedeman, the older sister of 17-year-old Gay Lynn Dixon, whose 1982 slaying remains unsolved...continue to full post

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