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Gov. Martin O'Malley said Tuesday he will throw his support behind legislation to repeal the death penalty in Maryland this year, even as recent polling suggests the relative majority of Marylanders still support
Gov. Martin O'Malley will throw his support behind legislation to repeal the death penalty in Maryland this year, he announced at an event Tuesday while flanked by civil rights activists and legislators.
Gov. Martin O’Malley said Tuesday the state Senate is within two votes of approving a ban on capital punishment in Maryland, and the governor underscored that job creation and transportation funding concerns will be top priorities in the legislative session.
Maryland's highest court has upheld the state's new legislative map, rejecting four lawsuits from critics who claimed it was illegally gerrymandered for political reasons.
Gov. Martin O'Malley stressed the need for tax and spending increases in this year's General Assembly during his State of the State address Wednesday, drawing mixed reactions from Democrats and admonishment from Republicans.
Gov. Martin O'Malley stressed the need for tax and spending increases in this year's General Assembly during his State of the State address Wednesday, drawing mixed reactions from Democrats and admonishment from Republicans.
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley signed a bill Thursday that strengthens the state's texting-while-driving ban by closing a loophole that allowed drivers to text at stoplights and read messages while driving.
Speaking after the governor's news conference, Mr. Brochin, a member of the Judicial Proceedings Committee, which would consider the bill, said "misplaced priorities" are behind the repeal effort.
"You need the ultimate penalty there so that if they take a plea, a murderer and a rapist, the plea is life without parole, and they never ever walk the streets again," said Sen. James Brochin, Baltimore County Democrat, who said he would vote against repeal legislation. "If you start with life without parole, and that's the worst thing you get, and the state's attorney takes a plea to life, then conceivably a rapist and a murderer can walk out after 25 or 30 years."
