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The Capital of Annapolis published the editorial, "Messy death penalty bill less a 'reform' than a quasi-repeal," in the Sunday edition.Gov. Martin O'Malley is a pragmatic politician. But perhaps he let some romantic idealism color his thinking when he expected the General Assembly to have a clear-cut debate on the moral reasons for accepting or rejecting the death penalty.Most legislatures don't operate that way. It's certainly not the way the General Assembly operates - as is demonstrated by the muddled capital punishment "reform" bill the legislature is dropping on O'Malley's desk.O'Malley's objections to the state taking the lives of criminals through its judicial system are rooted in his personal views on morality...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 30, 2009 (boomark / email).