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Since Everyone is So Interested About Death Penalty Voting
The Death Penalty Bill that passed in the State Legislature:
Issues: Death Penalty
Date: 05/13/2009
Bill Passed (House) – 90-56 and Vetoed By Gov. Rell
Bill Loftus would vote YES and Mike Alberts voted NO
Democrats voted 85 YES and 26 NO
Republicans voted 5 YES and 30 NO
Full text of this bill: http://www.votesmart.org/billtext/25696.htm
Synopsis
This bill renames the crime of capital felony as murder with special circumstances, eliminates the death penalty as a sentencing option for crimes committed starting on the bill’s effective date, and makes the penalty for this new crime life imprisonment without the possibility of release. Under current law, the penalty for a capital felony is either the death penalty or life imprisonment without the possibility of release.
Highlights
-Changes the term “capital felony” to “murder with special circumstances” (Sec. 1).
-Mandates that crimes considered to be murder with special circumstances will have the penalty of life imprisonment without the possibility of release and eliminates the death penalty (Sec. 2).
-Any capital felony committed prior to the effective date of this measure is subject to death penalty (Sec. 5a).
State Assemby Districts
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Here is the list of legislatures and their vote:
District Name Party Vote
1 Rep. Kenneth Green Democratic NV (no vote)
2 Rep. Jason Bartlett Democratic Y (Yes)
3 Rep. Minnie Gonzalez Democratic Y
4 Rep. Kelvin Roldan Democratic Y
5 Rep. Marie Lopez Kirkley-Bey Democratic Y
6 Rep. Hector Robles Democratic N (No)
