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 ...

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...

Today's Tennessean carries the OpEd, "Time to end the death penalty out of a sense of fairness."  It'b by Charles Strobel. As a member of the recently completed Committee to Study the Administration of the Death Penalty, I would like to share my reactions to what the committe...

"Lawmaker says death penalty ban has chance," is the AP report by Matt Gouras via Saturday's Great Falls Tribune. House Speaker Bob Bergren said Friday that he expects a few big policy initiatives could clear a legislative session that has seen many proposals die amid tight partisan ma...

Today's Washington Post has, "Md. Death Penalty Is No Easy Target," by John Wagner. As he asks lawmakers today to support his bill to repeal Maryland's death penalty, Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) will be heading down a road rife with political pitfalls with no clear path toward suc...

There is also news from Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri, today. "Use death penalty funds to solve cold cases, group says, " is Amy Hamilton's report in the Saturday edition of the Daily Sentinel from Grand Junction, Colorado. If it takes repealing the death penalty to free up money to s...