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| Lawmakers Introduce Resolution To Bring Death Penalty Back To Michigan |
| By detroit.cbslocal.com |
| Published: 02/05/2015 |
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LANSING (WWJ) - Lawmakers in Lansing have introduced a plan to bring the death penalty back in Michigan. On March 1, 1847, Michigan became the first English-speaking territory in the world to abolish the death penalty. In 1963, the death penalty was constitutionally banned in Michigan. But last month, state Attorney General Bill Schuette noted that a majority of citizens across the country support the death penalty, especially when it comes to certain offenders. Now, members of the Michigan legislature are considering taking up a death penalty bill. “Usually what happens with proposals like this is that a police officer is killed or there is a heinous crime, and then lawmakers say ‘Well, we better trot out that death penalty thing again,'” said WWJ Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick. “In this case, we don’t have that going on. I think this is just the case of the legislature wanting to put it in the hopper and see what happens.” Read More. |
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