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| Death penalty proponents question fate of inmates on death row |
| By delmarvanow.com - Haley Bull |
| Published: 02/21/2013 |
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ANNAPOLIS — As the Legislature nears a vote on repealing the death penalty, capital punishment proponents are raising questions about the fate of the five inmates currently on Maryland’s death row. Specifically, they want to know the fate of three inmates sentenced to death in the early 1980s, when life without parole was not on the books. Gov. Martin O’Malley’s bill would not take effect until October and is not retroactive. If the death penalty is repealed, legal experts and politicians have differing opinions on what will happen to the three inmates: Anthony Grandison, Vernon Lee Evans and John Booth-El. When the three were sentenced, serving a life sentence meant parole was a possibility after 15 or 25 years. Life without parole was not adopted until 1987. Read More. |
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