NY News: Morgenthau and Others Speak Out Against Death Penalty
The New York Times' report of yesterday's state legislative hearings:
At yesterday's hearing hundreds of people crowded into the meeting hall of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. The tone of most of the speakers was against the death penalty. Mr. Lentol (Assemblyman from Brooklyn) said an effort would be made to seek greater balance in future hearings.
The hearings were as much about listening to the experts as gauging public opinion, he said. Mr. Lentol voted to reinstate the death penalty in 1995, but said he was now reassessing his position. "I think the landscape has certainly changed," he said.
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