That's the title of Jay Winkler's latest message.  He's the General Secretary of the United Methodist Chuch General Board of Church & Society.  LINK I have led hundreds of workshops on The United Methodist Church’s Social Principles during the past 20 years. I realized ...

"Bill disputes standard for retardation," is from today's Florida Times-Union.  A bill sponsored by two Georgia legislator-lawyers would make it easier for defendants, including condemned Waycross triple murderer Billy Daniel Raulerson, to use the defense of guilty but mentally r...

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The state's Associated Press bureau has a lengthy examination, "NC executions unlikely to resume any time soon," by Marlon Walker and Gary Robertson.  It appears in the Rocky Mount Telegram. It's been more than two years since North Carolina put an inmate to death, and the un...

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The bill is on the floor right now.  You should be able to listen to the debate at this LINK, however I am getting an error message. The Washington Post Maryland Moment blog will be posting updates on the debate.  The most recent post is by John Wagner, "Md. Death Penalty Debate Sta...

At CNN.com, Emanuella Grinberg reports, "Budget concerns force state to reconsider the death penalty." If Kansas Senate Bill 208 passes, it won't take effect until July 1, so it won't affect Thurber's sentence. But future savings could be substantial. "Because of the downt...

"Miller Wants Quick Vote on Death Penalty," is from today's Annapolis Digest in the Washington Post.  It's by John Wagner. Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (D-Calvert) said yesterday that he would like to see a relatively quick, up-or-down committee vote on a bill t...

"Bill to abolish death penalty will get legislative hearing," is the AP report via the Lawrence Journal-World. The state’s need to cut spending to prevent a budget deficit is a good argument for abolishing the death penalty to save money, Senate leaders said Monday. But they also said th...

"Execution repeal gains ground," is the article in today's Denver Post. A House committee Monday night, after hearing hours of emotional testimony, approved a bill that would ban the death penalty in Colorado. In a more than six-hour hearing before the House Judiciary Committee, famili...