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By Steve Hall

"Okla. Senator Wants to Abolish Death Penalty," is the KTUL-TV report.An Oklahoma state senator will hold a press conference this afternoon to discuss a proposal to abolish the death penalty in Oklahoma. Senator Constance Johnson of Oklahoma City will hold the press conference at 3 p.m. at the state Capitol. Johnson has previously authored dealth penalty legislation. Senate Bill 2009, introduced in the 2006 regular session of the Oklahoma Legislature, would have established a commission to determine if the state's death penalty was administered in a discriminatory manner.And:The next scheduled execution in Oklahoma is set for January 14th. Julius Ricardo Young was convicted of beating a 20-year-old woman and her 6-year-old son to death in Tulsa in 1993...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on December 10, 2009 (boomark / email).