Listen as Larry spoke with MD State Senator Robert Cassilly regarding his proposed bill to bring back the death penalty.
Elizabeth Janney of Patch.com recently penned an article regarding the bill. An excerpt of her article, Maryland Senator To Propose Capital Punishment Bill In 2018, is below:
A Maryland lawmaker is proposing bringing back the death penalty. Senator Robert G. Cassilly announced at a press conference Monday afternoon that he plans to ask the Maryland General Assembly to restore the option of capital punishment during the 2018 legislative session.
“There’s got to be a penalty that says, ‘Look, you’ve killed; now it can actually get a whole lot worse from this [if you re-offend] because we will hold your life over your head,” Cassilly said.
“I know we’ve been through the capital punishment bill a number of times in this state, but we’ve seen around the country what happened in Las Vegas, we’ve seen this happen too many times,” Cassilly said.
The death penalty in Maryland was repealed in 2013 under the administration of then Gov. Martin O’Malley. [Read More]
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