The Death Penalty in New York
The Times has a great article on the effort to reinstate the death penalty law in Albany being stalled. This seems major but again, nothing is definate yet.
"The people of New York have clearly called for justice, for those who commit the most serious crimes, by using capital punishment," said Lynn Rasic, a spokeswoman for the governor. "Speaker Silver claims to favor the death penalty, but he continues to refuse to allow a vote on this important legislation."
A great point in the artice is that the death penalty can not remain in a state if there is no public support for it, even though a Governor supports it. That gives me some hope.
Posted by Angela at 11:14 AM
