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Birmingham News Urges Moratorium in Alabama

By Steve Hall

The Birmingham News carried the editorial, "Alabama lawmakers should finally pass a measure to call a temporary halt to executions," in Monday's edition.Unless state Sen. Hank Sanders has a change of heart, this regular session of the Legislature will be his last. If so, this is probably his last shot to pass one of his perennial legislative proposals: a moratorium on the death penalty. But sending Sanders off to retirement on a happy note isn't the reason lawmakers need to impose a three-year timeout on executions. Lawmakers need to pass this bill because it's the right thing to do. The moratorium would give the state an opportunity to accomplish the most serious of tasks: ensuring death sentences are carried out fairly, reliably, lawfully and accurately...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 19, 2010 (boomark / email).