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Article: REP. MCCOLLUM CALLS SUPREME COURT DEATH PENALTY DECISION 'PAINFUL'
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- April 16, 2008
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Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn. (4th CD), issued the following news release:
Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN) today introduced H.J.Res. 80, an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to end the use of the death penalty in the United States. Her action comes on the same day that a U.S. Supreme Court decision will likely restart executions in the United States after a six month hiatus, and as the most high-profile death penalty opponent in the world, Pope Benedict XVI, pays his first visit to America.
"Criminals who are found guilty of committing heinous acts should be sentenced to life in prison as a punishment and for the wellbeing of society," McCollum said. She continued, "The death penalty, ...