The end of the death penalty is afoot across the land!

clipped from blog.amnestyusa.org Death Penalty Debate in States Heats Up Death Penalty, United States | Posted by: Brian Evans, February 11, 2009 at 2:46 PM UPDATE:  The New Mexico House of Representatives passed the death penalty repeal bill, by a vote of 40-28. Today the New Mexico House of Representatives will be debating and possibly voting on a bill to abolish the death penalty (HB285).   This is but one of a stream of bills to repeal or limit the death penalty under consideration across the country.