Tag: death penalty reform
Posted on Sat Dec 13, 2008 at 12:40:44 PM EST
Tags: death penalty reform (all tags)
Yesterday, a legislative commission established to examine the death penalty in Maryland released its final report and recommended the death penalty be abolished.
"There is no good and sufficient reason to have the death penalty," Chairman Benjamin R. Civiletti said at a news conference. Regarding the commission's recommendation of repeal rather than reform, he said, "There are so many faults, so many flaws within the system that we could not imagine ... ways in which to cure it."
Ben Civiletti was the U.S. Attorney General under Jimmy Carter. I've had many conversations with him over the past decade as we serve on a board together, and while I admire him tremendously, I can assure you he's no "softie" on crime issues.
The chief findings in the report: [More...]
(5 comments, 373 words in story) There's More :: Permalink :: Comments
