JUNEAU - Alaska lawmakers have begun hearings on a proposal to reinstate the death penalty, a practice abolished more than half a century ago.
JUNEAU - Alaska lawmakers have begun hearings on a proposal to reinstate the death penalty, a practice abolished more than half a century ago.
The legislation would allow execution by lethal injection in cases of first-degree murder.
But public testimony in the first of two House Judiciary Committee hearings scheduled on the bill ran overwhelmingly in opposition to the measure on Monday. - Sapa-AP
Death bill hearings
JUNEAU - Alaska lawmakers have begun hearings on a proposal to reinstate the death penalty, a practice abolished more than half a century ago.
JUNEAU - Alaska lawmakers have begun hearings on a proposal to reinstate the death penalty, a practice abolished more than half a century ago.
The legislation would allow execution by lethal injection in cases of first-degree murder.
But public testimony in the first of two House Judiciary Committee hearings scheduled on the bill ran overwhelmingly in opposition to the measure on Monday. - Sapa-AP
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