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Md. death-row inmate: Capital punishment limited to treason (access required)

Posted: 4:31 pm Thu, January 3, 2013
By Steve Lash
Daily Record Legal Affairs Writer

A condemned killer’s lawyer urged Maryland’s top court Thursday to strike down his death sentence based on a never-before addressed provision of the state constitution, which he said limits capital punishment to acts of treason against the state government.

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