This week Gov. Dannell P. Malloy signed a bill abolishing the death penalty in Connecticut. That makes Connecticut the 17th state and the fifth in as many years to abandon the death penalty. The effort to end the death penalty in this state was led by hundreds of murder victim family members and many Catholic [...]
In this tough economic climate, cost matters. That was obviously the motivating factor this week when the Senate Governmental Accountability Committee voted to pass SCS SB 786, a bill that would examine the costs related to the death penalty. Sponsored by Sen. Joe Keaveny (D-St. Louis), the bill would require the state auditor to examine [...]
This week the Senate Committee on Governmental Accountability heard a bill that would examine the cost of the death penalty in Missouri. Sponsored by Sen. Joe Keaveny (D-St. Louis), SB 786 would authorize the State Auditor’s office to conduct a study on the various aspects of the death penalty system and provide the General Assembly [...]
According to a report released this week at the Capitol, Missouri has too many reasons for which prosecutors can seek the death penalty. The study also suggested that Missouri needs to do a better job of preserving forensic evidence such as DNA samples. The report came after a two-year study sponsored by the American Bar [...]
Feb 242012
This week the MCC worked with the Justice for Reggie Campaign and other groups, including the NAACP and Missourians for Alternatives for the Death Penalty, to sponsor events in the mid-Missouri area to bring attention to the case of Reggie Clemons. Reggie Clemons, along with three co-defendants, were convicted of the 1991deaths of Julie and [...]
Feb 172012
This week the House Corrections Committee heard testimony from numerous groups and individuals on why Missouri should repeal its death penalty statute. Sponsored by Rep. Mike McGhee (R-Odessa), HB 1520 would end the death penalty in Missouri and replace capital sentences with life without the possibility of parole. Among the witnesses testifying for HB 1520 [...]
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