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Death penalty: Battle for hearts and minds (access required)

Posted: 6:16 pm Fri, March 1, 2013
By Steve Lash
Daily Record Legal Affairs Writer

The Senate on Friday began debate on legislation to repeal capital punishment in Maryland, with abolitionist legislators saying the death penalty does not deter heinous crimes and carries the risk that a wrongly convicted person could be executed.

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