Montana update 2/5 (Effort launched to ban death penalty in Montana)

From Seattle PI Effort launched to ban death penalty in Montana

Four Montana legislators spearheading a bipartisan effort to replace the death penalty with life in prison say they have a good chance of success this session.

The anti-death penalty group Montana Abolition Coalition introduced their proposal Monday with two Democratic and two Republican sponsors.

Efforts to repeal the death penalty have cleared the state Senate the last two legislative sessions but died in the House. Backers said they are going to start in the House this time in an effort to get the measure to a floor debate in that chamber.

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• HOUSE BILL NO. 370  ”AN ACT ABOLISHING THE DEATH PENALTY AND REPLACING IT WITH LIFE IMPRISONMENT WITHOUT POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE”
• Death penalty risky, too expensive
• Push to abolish death penalty makes way to the MT legislature
• MT Legisators Want Death Penalty Abolished
• Primary sponsors introduce bill to abolish death penalty

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• Montana update 1/11/13 (Canadian death row case falls to new Montana gov.)
• Montana update 1/2/13 (Ronald Smith death-row clemency case not likely to be resolved until new governor takes over)
• Montana update 10/22 (Montana execution protocol to be put on trial; Cdn Ronald Smith on death row)
• Montana update 9/17 (Conservative group looks to abolish Montana death penalty)
• Montana update II 9/7 (ACLU of Montana – Smith v. Ferriter)
• Montana update 9/7 (Montana judge declares execution protocol unconstitutional)
• Montana Update 8/6 (ACLU-MT Challenging Montana’s lethal injection procedure)
• Lethal injection protocol questioned in District Court
• ACLU challenges Montana’s lethal injection protocol
• Ruling expected in death penalty challenge for Canadian
• Canadian on death row awaits answer to his challenge of the use of lethal injection
• Lawyers for Canadian on death row argue Montana’s execution method is unconstitutional
• Daughter of Canadian on U.S. death row satisfied clemency decision will be fair
• Montana update 7/14 (Governor meets family of Canadian on death row)
• Montana update 6/4 (Death row Canadian’s co-accused speaks out)
• Montana update 5/21 (Mont. Board: No Clemency for Canadian on Death Row)
• Montana update 5/10 (Change of Montana governor could impact Canadian’s bid to avoid execution)
• Montana update (5/2/12): Clemency hearing for Ronald Smith begins today
• A timeline for the Ronald Smith case
• Canadian on U.S. death row pleads for clemency
• Death row Canadian to plead for mercy at Montana hearing
• Why I’m Pleading Clemency for the Last Canadian on Death Row
• Only Canadian on death row in US asks parole board to let him live out his life in prison
• Convicted murderer to plead for life at clemency hearing
• One safety net remains if death row Canadian Ronald Smith denied clemency
• Hearing ‘final opportunity’ for convicted murderer Ronald Smith
• Montana update (4/29/12) Canadian on death row expected to plead for his life in Montana this week
• Montana Update 4/13/12 Fate of Canadian on death row up to ‘relevant U.S. authorities,’ Foreign Affairs says
• Canada won’t fight to save murderer Ronald Smith from execution in Montana
• Victim’s son speaks out against death penalty
• ACLU of Montana – Death Penalty
• Clemency hearing set for Ronald Smith (Montana death row inmate)
• Clemency hearing set for man on Montana’s death row
• New Montana warden prepared to execute Canadian
• Canadian on Montana Death Row Says He’s Changed
• Canadian on death row calls Ottawa’s support ‘tepid’
• Killer pleads for Harper’s intervention
• Only Canadian on U.S. death row gets clemency hearing
• Montana Abolition Coalition