A Friday afternoon Associated Press headline reads: "Former first lady joins call for death penalty freeze"
The A.P. story provides:
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter on Friday joined the call for a moratorium that would put the use of the death penalty in Georgia on hold.
On Thursday, state Sen. Vincent Fort, D-Atlanta, introduced bills calling for a moratorium and setting up a commission to study Georgia's use of the death penalty.
Republican leaders who control both chambers of the Legislature and Gov. Sonny Perdue, also a Republican, have continued to endorse the state's use of the death penalty, saying appropriate checks and balances are already in place.
Georgia, which uses lethal injection, has executed 39 people since 1976 and now has a death row population of 109, according the Washington D.C.-based Death Penalty Information Center.
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Headlines and bills like this are the last type thing Democrats need during this 2006 election year.
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter on Friday joined the call for a moratorium that would put the use of the death penalty in Georgia on hold.
On Thursday, state Sen. Vincent Fort, D-Atlanta, introduced bills calling for a moratorium and setting up a commission to study Georgia's use of the death penalty.
Republican leaders who control both chambers of the Legislature and Gov. Sonny Perdue, also a Republican, have continued to endorse the state's use of the death penalty, saying appropriate checks and balances are already in place.
Georgia, which uses lethal injection, has executed 39 people since 1976 and now has a death row population of 109, according the Washington D.C.-based Death Penalty Information Center.
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Headlines and bills like this are the last type thing Democrats need during this 2006 election year.
posted by Sid Cottingham | 4:37 PM
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