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Maryland Lethal Injection Regulations

By Steve Hall

"Hearing on Md. death penalty rules set next month," is John Wagner's Washington Post report. Maryland lawmakers have scheduled a hearing on proposed death penalty regulations, a long-delayed step along the way to the possible resumption of executions in the state. Use of the death penalty was halted by the state's highest court in December 2006, a month before Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) took office, pending new regulations from the administration spelling out procedures for lethal injection and other issues. O'Malley instead lobbied the legislature to repeal capital punishment, and his administration waited until 2009 -- after those efforts fell short for a third year in a row -- to propose new regulations. A legislative review panel headed by two Democrats opposed to capital punishment has now scheduled a hearing on the regulations on Feb...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 21, 2011 (boomark / email).