Nouveau-Mexique Ends Capital Punishment

publié à l'origine: Mai 2009
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New Mexico abolished the death penalty in March, becoming the second state to do so since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976. New Jersey repealed the death penalty in 2007.

In signing the repeal, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson pointed out that over the past 10 ans, four of his state’s death-row inmates (and more than 100 nationwide) were freed after courts determined they had been wrongly convicted.

Cette année,, lawmakers in 10 other states took up bills to abolish the death penalty; as of press time, four remained active: Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois and New Hampshire.

Posté par Zinzi Eka-Nephtali le 31/05/2009. Classé dans La peine capitale,Condamnations douteuses. Vous pouvez suivre les réponses à cette entrée à travers le RSS 2.0. Vous pouvez laisser une réponse ou un trackback à cet article