City of Baltimore - File #: 07-0265R

• File #: 07-0265R
• Version: 0
• Name: In Support of State Legislation - Senate Bill 211/House Bill 225 - Criminal Law - Death Penalty - Repeal
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 3/12/2007
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 3/12/2007
• Title: In Support of State Legislation - Senate Bill 211/House Bill 225 - Criminal Law - Death Penalty - Repeal FOR the purpose of supporting this legislation that would repeal the death penalty, repeal procedures and requirements related to the death penalty, and provide that inmates who have been sentenced to death may not be executed and shall be considered as having received a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole under specified circumstances; urging the Honorable Chair and Members of the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee, the Honorable Chair and Members of the House Judiciary Committee, and the Baltimore City Delegations to the Maryland General Assembly to support passage of the legislation; and petitioning the Governor to sign the measure into law.
• Sponsors: Mary Pat Clarke, Helen L. Holton, Stephanie President Rawlings-Blake, James B. Kraft, Robert Curran, Belinda Conaway, Agnes Welch, Sharon Green Middleton, President Young
• Indexes: Death Penalty, Repeal, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/12/2007	0	City Council	Introduced
3/12/2007	0	City Council	Adopted

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmembers Clarke, Holton



A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
In Support of State Legislation - Senate Bill 211/House Bill 225 - Criminal Law - Death Penalty - Repeal

FOR the purpose of supporting this legislation that would repeal the death penalty, repeal procedures and requirements related to the death penalty, and provide that inmates who have been sentenced to death may not be executed and shall be considered as having received a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole under specified circumstances; urging the Honorable Chair and Members of the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee, the Honorable Chair and Members of the House Judiciary Committee, and the Baltimore City Delegations to the Maryland General Assembly to support passage of the legislation; and petitioning the Governor to sign the measure into law.
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This legislation repeals the death penalty in the State of Maryland by repealing the procedures and requirements related to the death penalty and by providing that inmates who have been sentenced to death will be considered as having received a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. By passing this legislation and repealing the death penalty, Maryland's unfair and excessively expensive death penalty system will cease to exist, and, in its place, Marylanders will be provided with the viable alternat...