Monday, February 28, 2011

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U.S. widens the front abolitionist

Slowly ma inesorabilmente, altri Stati USA si muovono verso il fronte abolizionista. Mentre in Illinois si attende il 17 marzo, ultimo giorno utile per porre il veto sulla legge da poco approvata, il 14 febbraio scorso, con un voto di 26 a 24 che ha visto favorevoli tutti i democratici e quattro repubblicani, il Senato del Montana ha promosso un disegno di legge per sostituire la pena di morte con il carcere a vita senza libertà sulla parola.

Il relatore David Wanzenried, oltre a dichiarare che la pena di morte non è giusta, non aiuta i familiari delle vittime, né serve come deterrente, ha aggiunto che il "sistema attuale non può essere reso equo né infallibile", evidenziando inoltre preoccupazioni per i rischi di miscarriages of justice, the costs and the disproportionate use of capital punishment of racial minorities and the poor.

But other states are moving on this line: an identical bill is already the Committee on Federal Affairs and State of Kansas , where the gradient was abolished a year ago by one vote to reject. The promoters of the initiative point out that a Supreme Court annulled three death sentences precisely because of judicial error, inadequate defense and failure of the jury and the prosecution.

Even Maryland and the State of Washington similar cases have been recorded: in either House, during the past week, have been presented many proposed repeal. While in Connecticut after veto Built in 2009, the new design has arrived to the abolition of the bicameral Commission for Justice, and the current government has already said that if he was in office two years ago would not oppose.

This encouraging scenario emphasizes the geographical divide in the U.S., which sees the Northern states mostly abolitionist (in practice or not) and the South predominantly maintainers.

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