Washington state advances bill to abolish death penalty

[struggle4progress]

by PHIL MCCAUSLAND
FEB 25 2018, 6:53 AM ET

With the mark from Ash Wednesday services on his forehead earlier this month, Republican State Sen. Mark Miloscia's voice wavered as he made an emotional plea to his colleagues — join him and vote to abolish the death penalty in the state of Washington.

"We have been taught, no exceptions, to take care of our brothers and sisters from conception to natural death," he said, citing his Catholic faith. "All people deserve to live, <from> the most innocent among us to the most guilty among us."

Miloscia's religious argument concluded an emotional capital punishment debate on the floor of the Washington Senate that led to five Republicans crossing the aisle and supporting the end of the death penalty in the state. It passed with a 26-22 vote, and was passed to the Statehouse.

Republican members of the Senate who backed the bill cited their religious views, fiscal inefficiencies of the death penalty, the unequal application of the law and the recent rash of exonerations nationwide as reasons for their support ...

https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/lethal-injection/bipartisan-trend-washington-state-advances-bill-abolish-death-penalty-n850871

[democratisphere]

1. Good. State should never execute it's citizens.

[gopiscrap]

2. Interesting guy...he was a democrat and

worked on my US Congressional campaign many years ago. He switched to being a gop'er to be an opportunist. I very rarely agree with his views but at least he is consistent, which is quite unique for most of these so called 'right to life" asswipes