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| Proposed Missouri budget change could allow attempts to defund the death penalty |
| By missourinet.com- Mike Lear |
| Published: 02/10/2016 |
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A proposed change in the state budget could allow opponents of the death penalty to attempt to pull funding for it. Members of Missouri’s execution team are paid in cash to keep their identities hidden, per the law – that includes the doctor that administers a lethal injection and a compounding pharmacy that makes the pentobarbital used. That money has come out of a fund for expenses and equipment in the Department of Corrections’ budget, so state lawmakers and others looking at the budget didn’t know how much was spent on executions. A House subcommittee approved Representative Jeremy LaFaver’s (D-Kansas City) proposal to create a specific line in the budget for executions. “Including it in the budget in this fashion I think is going to allow for a little better transparency and tracking of this important task that our state does,” said LaFaver. Read More. |
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