From the District 17 Senate forum on July 19. Kagan went after Forehand for missing a vote on the issue and she is correct.
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On Lockerbie and the Death Penalty
Today, I write about the release of convicted Lockerbie terrorist Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi from two perspectives: as a death penalty opponent and as a relative of one of the…
Five Senators and the Death Penalty
The failure of death penalty repeal in Maryland came down to the actions of five Senators. Here is their story.To understand the part played by these five, we must first…
More on the Death Penalty
From Senator Rich Madaleno (D-18):Earlier today, the State Senate voted 34 to 13 in favor of the amended bill to restrict the use of the death penalty. The Senate rejected…
Death Penalty Repeal Dies in the Senate
The Maryland Senate has spoken: there will be no repeal of the death penalty this year. But we learned a few valuable things from the process.First, Senator Rich Madaleno (D-18)…
Death Penalty Debate Mutates
The Baltimore Sun and Maryland Moment summarize the twists and turns in today’s death penalty debate. But the most interesting comments come from – surprisingly – one of the state’s…
The conventional wisdom that Maryland is a pro-death penalty state is becoming less true by the day. New data from Gonzales Research paints a more complicated picture.Gonzales Research has polled…