Is there any new information on the legislation in the Wisconsin Senate about the death penalty?
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Not today,\n\nThe Wisconsin Legilature voted to put the following referendum on the November ballot.\n\nThe referendum will ask: "Should the death penalty be enacted in the state of Wisconsin for cases involving a person who is convicted of first-degree intentional homicide, if the conviction is supported by DNA evidence?"\n\nThat's what we need, another death penalty. Wonder how many Wisconsin anti-abortioner's will vote yes?
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I'm contacting the Louisiana House of Representatives to help pass Bill#307.It will allow second degree murder convicts who have served at least 20 years with a good conduct record the possibility of parole.
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http://web.amnesty.org/pages/deathpenalty-facts-eng
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If you go to Congress.org you can get a listing of recent bill in Congress on both House and Senate.  It will also tell you how different representatives voted and what the final count was as well as a synopsis of what each bill is about.  I believe it also allows you to get info on state laws as well.  \n\nAnother great resource is the "Congress At Your Fingertips" directory.  It has all the contact info and more for every member of the House and Senate.  The book is printed by Capitol Advantage website www.capitoladvantage.com
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Actually if you do some research you'll find that an average more money is spent on a prisoner on death row.  Appeals, lengthy stay on death row, etc adds up also.  The death penalty is not only wrong its wasting taxpayers money!  But what is the Gov. doing thats right these days anyways?
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death penalty, eugenics, immigration, religion in school, assisted suicide...
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Death Penalty Information Center\n\nArticles, reports and statistics about death penalty worldwide.\nhttp://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org\n\n\n\nClark County Prosecuting Attorney\n\nLinks to over 1,000 death penalty related web sites\nhttp://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/links/dplinks.htm#cruel
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the choice is rapidly arriving...look at Wisconsin State Bill 260....
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Actually, yes.  Not long ago I was reading on CNN.com about a guy who was to be out to death.  He had 2 heart attacks while on death row and both times they brought him back.  Then they had to wait until he was well enough to be executed.\n\nStupidest darn thing I have EVER heard of.  Don't you love our system?!?!
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This site will help you:\n\nhttp://justice.uaa.alaska.edu/death/deathrow.html
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Maybe try here, http://www.state.gov/g/wi/rls/52487.htm
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There is a lot of information on the internet about this topic.  I just typed "racial bias in capital punishment" and 196,000 results popped up.  If you enter each type of bias you will get plenty of source material.
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With recent advances in DNA technology, they have been able to retest crime data from inmates who had received life sentences.  The study I had heard (you should do a search on the internet) is that 25% of the cases tested prove that the person convicted of the crime was innocent.  \n\nThen there are economic issues associated with the death penalty.  In theory we would think that putting someone to death would be cheaper than making them stay in prison for life.  Sadly the opposite is true (do a search for exact numbers).  The system is so overwhelmed with appeals, etc that we end up paying a lot more money to put someone to death than to keep them in prison.\n\nThen there is the fact that America spends more money on the prison system than on libraries.  We are a country focused on punishment for crime, but not teaching people the way to avoid a life of crime by being a productive member of society.
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It is impossible to know when or even if it will be voted on, since it has not been placed on the calendar. The last thing that happened with the bill is the Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings on it.
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According to the figures on the source site, death penalty states have higher murder rates. So it doesn't seem to be much of a deterrent.
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Look here:\n\nhttp://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en&gl=us&oi=newst\nA tough immigration bill passed by the House is now before the Senate. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Menomonee Falls, co-sponsored the House bill, which would make it a felony to immigrate illegally or help someone ...
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The first link below shows what has happened so far with the bill.\n\nBased on this link, it doesn't seem like the bill has been shelved because it is currently in the committee stage in the House of Lords.\n\nAlso, the votings on bill took place on April 26, 2006 the House of Lord. This shows that some progress is being made. (The number two links)\n\nThe third link is an article, I thought you might be interested in. It is about the British Association for Shooting and Conservation position on the Violent Crime Reduction Bill about airgun and imitation firearms.\n\nThe fourth link is to the actual text of the bill discussing imitation firearms.\n\nThe fifth link has the entire text of the Violent Crimes Reduction Bill when it was introduced to the House of Commons June 8, 2005.\n\nHope this helps.