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Breaking News: Colorado Repeals The Death Penalty

by TaMara|  February 26, 20206:19 pm| 15 Comments

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It makes the 22nd state without a death penalty.

Colorado Repeals The Death Penalty
The Colorado State Capitol, Feb. 14, 2018. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Colorado House passes bill today:

DENVER – The bill to repeal Colorado’s death penalty cleared its final legislative hurdle Wednesday afternoon in a 38-27 vote in the House of Representatives, and the governor’s office says he will sign the measure in what is expected to be one of the most consequential moments of the 2020 legislative session.

The measure passed its third reading Wednesday morning after passing its second reading early Tuesday morning after an 11-hour debate period. There was more than five hours of emotional testimony from lawmakers before the final vote Wednesday. Passage of the bill, HB20-100, was all-but a foregone conclusion after the bill cleared the Senate late last month because of the strong Democratic majority in the House.

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  1. 1.

    japa21

    February 26, 2020 at 6:26 pm

    Yes!!!

  2. 2.

    JPL

    February 26, 2020 at 6:28 pm

    Good.    The death penalty is all about revenge and serves no useful purpose in deterrence

  3. 3.

    WaterGirl

    February 26, 2020 at 6:30 pm

    The arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice.  ~Martin Luther King

  4. 4.

    Brachiator

    February 26, 2020 at 6:33 pm

    It makes the 22nd state without a death penalty.

    This is very good news.

  5. 5.

    Adam L Silverman

    February 26, 2020 at 6:34 pm

    So you’re saying that Colorado sentenced the death penalty to death?

  6. 6.

    trollhattan

    February 26, 2020 at 6:37 pm

    @Adam L Silverman:

    Yes, and Hitler killed the guy who killed Hitler!

    Colorado is ahead of California now (and good on you!) but the Governor I believe has stated he will not have any executions while he’s in office. Repeals always fail at the ballot here, so it’s up to the Leg to handle this. Seems obvious, but what do I know?

  7. 7.

    debbie

    February 26, 2020 at 6:45 pm

    The very Republican Governor here in Ohio is making noises about ending the death penalty. His party is unhappy with his position and his statement that pro-life means anti-death penalty.

  8. 8.

    Roger Moore

    February 26, 2020 at 7:43 pm

    @debbie:

    His party is unhappy with his position and his statement that pro-life means anti-death penalty.

    God Angrily Clarifies ‘Don’t Kill’ Rule

  9. 9.

    sherparick

    February 26, 2020 at 8:19 pm

    Thank you Colorado.

    “Deserves it! (Death), I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death.  And more that die deserve life!.  Can you give it to them?  Then do not be so eager to deal out death as judgement.”  Surprisingly, these lines spoken by Gandalf in LOR on my 3d reading of it, after I read Paul Fussell’s “The Great War and Modern Memory” helped me to realize how morally impossible the death penalty is.  Strange the things that can turn our minds.t

  10. 10.

    laura

    February 26, 2020 at 8:41 pm

    This is actual high quality good news.

  11. 11.

    Bonnie

    February 26, 2020 at 9:17 pm

    I’m glad something good happened somewhere today.

  12. 12.

    Splitting Image

    February 26, 2020 at 9:24 pm

    Good for Colorado, former red state and proof that voting matters.

     

    Deserves it! (Death), I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And more that die deserve life!. Can you give it to them? Then do not be so eager to deal out death as judgement.

     

    This scene made an impression on me, too. Gandalf and his creator have it exactly right.

  13. 13.

    Omnes Omnibus

    February 26, 2020 at 9:54 pm

    Good.

  14. 14.

    satby

    February 26, 2020 at 10:01 pm

    Yes, good! Still too many have it on the books, but every state that drops it is another step in the right direction.

  15. 15.

    J R in WV

    February 26, 2020 at 10:08 pm

    W VA did away with the death penalty many years ago, and so far every attempt to reinstate it has failed!

    My dad always believed that it was only appropriate in cases where the defendant was already serving time, attacks on COs or fellow inmates, which makes some sense.

    Good for Colorado!

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