Gov. Martin O’Malley said Monday his effort to get the votes to repeal capital punishment in Maryland “is not done,” and he asked the religious community to help by petitioning lawmakers facing a difficult decision.
“I need your help, I really and truly do on this death penalty legislation,” O’Malley told about 300 people attending the African Methodist Episcopal Church Legislative Day. “It is not done.”
The governor also urged repeal supporters not to take any votes for granted on the issue.
“I need your help writing letters. I need your help persuading. I need your help even talking to delegates and senators that you may think are probably already with us,” O’Malley said. “You never really know.”
It seems that politicians always want to play “let’s make a deal”, so, we will help you with the death penalty legislation when you form a task force and submit a bill banning abortion.
#1. drummie,
My thoughts exactly! Where is the moral equivalence with those who would defend the guilty against death and allow the innocent to be murdered for reasons of convenience. Child sacrifice is and has always been an abomination in the eyes of God. Some don’t see the need for evangelism but often it takes a converted mind to grasp the horror of what is being done. Evangelism can be our contribution to the life of the unborn when legislation seems beyond our grasp.
In Philadelphia there has been an “epidemic” of police shootings of late and yet it is not linked in any way to Pennsylvania’s falure to support a viable death penalty.
I would guess that the governor wants the state to carry the sword in vain….
Don
In this country where the wealthy can buy their way out of the death penalty and the poor cannot, there is no possible way to apply it fairly. So it should be extinct.
5, the same for jail time or any other crime. Applying your logic what do you suggest?