New Hampshire Senate votes to abolish Death Penalty

[steelmania75]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i-D0Wyey1EWYz6bU3iXP-wtN-WmQD9757GU80

Sadly, the NH governor, John Lynch, a Democrat, says he will veto the bill if it reached his desk.

[Robbins]

1. Lynch

He Is proving he Is a bit of a DINO.With giving In to demands from gregg and now this.Bill richards Is signing ablonshing the death
Penalty In New Mexico and he Is a supporter of the Death pentalty.

[aikoaiko]

2. Live free or die.

tough choice.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

3. unfortunate last name given the circumstances,

[Tesha]

4. It was the New Hampshire "House" (our General Court), not the Senate.

http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=NH+House+votes+to+kill+death+penalty&articleId=9ee38584-6544-4473-8eb8-452d05d588ac



NH House votes to kill death penalty

By TOM FAHEY
State House Bureau Chief
4 hours, 59 minutes ago

CONCORD – The New Hampshire House has voted to repeal the state’s death penalty laws by a vote of 193-174.

House Bill 556 will now move to the Senate. The House earlier today passed HB 520, calling for an in-depth study of the state’s death penalty laws.

Both bills now move to the Senate.

Gov. John Lynch opposes the repeal and promised to veto it.

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That this passed comes as a very pleasant surprise to many of us; while
passage of the "study commission" on the D.P. was a sure thing, the
actual repeal wasn't expected to pass the House. We'll now see what
happens in the Senate.

Meanwhile, if Lynch vetoes this, he wil be *THE SECOND DEMOCRAT*
in a row to veto the D.P. repeal (with Jeanne Shaheen being the previous
"Democrat". If Lynch had an honest bone in his body he'd just switch to
the Republican party.

Tesha