Montana Senate Votes to Abolish Death Penalty, Opt for Life Imprisonment Instead

Wow (0.00 / 0)

How reliable are the two Brown votes?

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by: Pogie @ Mon Feb 16, 2009 at 23:46:49 PM UTC

Maybe I could just look for myself. :) (0.00 / 0)

Roy Brown's vote seems pretty secure. I doubt the House will pass it, but it's interesting to see more Republicans coming around.

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by: Pogie @ Mon Feb 16, 2009 at 23:51:03 PM UTC

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Roy Brown's is absolutely secure (0.00 / 0)

He had quite the speech.  He's been on board since the get-go, at least this time around.

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by: jhwygirl @ Tue Feb 17, 2009 at 01:43:27 AM UTC

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Good on the Senate (0.00 / 0)

Few surprises from the Republicans in there, as well as a few very disappointing Dem votes.  

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by: Nick Domitrovich @ Mon Feb 16, 2009 at 23:54:04 PM UTC

As someone who has gone on record ... (0.00 / 0)

as a proponent of capital punishment, I can live with this.  I still believe that we need a concerted effort and program to identify societal diseases that walk like men, (sociopaths, deep psychotics) such that they never plague the polity again.  But I am willing to admit that killing based on "reasonable doubt" is not likely the best path.

And, though this is slightly sidelike to the topic, the worst heritage we passed to the Iraqi people and their law was our adoration of murder for revenge.  

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by: Rob Kailey @ Mon Feb 16, 2009 at 23:59:57 PM UTC

I'm a cynic. (0.00 / 0)

Look, some of the righties crossing the aisle may be just a ploy to say, "Hey, lookie here.  We really ARE pro-life in everthin'!".  Then WHAMMO!  When comes back around to the abortion debates, they can claim to be pro-life.  Remember, they have been hit with the death penalty  stick for a long time.  We'll just have to wait and see.  The Pubbies ain't stupid.  The abortion issue is MUCH more an emotional recruiting tool than the death penalty ever will be.

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by: Larry Kralj, Environmental Rangers! @ Tue Feb 17, 2009 at 14:40:38 PM UTC