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“Evidence shows that the death penalty is not a deterrent, it cannot be administered without racial bias and it costs three times as much as life in prison without parole”[Photo Thinkprogress.org]
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Maryland votes to end death penalty (via AFP)
Patrick Smith/Getty Images/AFP/FileMaryland Gov. Martin O’Malley at the Maryland State House on March 1, 2013 in Annapolis, Maryland. Maryland is poised to become the 18th US state to abolish executions after lawmakers voted Friday to end use of the death penalty. The measure now only needs to be signed…
