Lawmakers OK Bill to Restore Death Penalty
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From Times Wire Reports
Lawmakers have given final approval to a bill that would restore the state’s death penalty, which was overturned last year by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
Gov. Dirk Kempthorne has indicated he will sign the bill, which turns the sentencing decision in death penalty cases over to juries and requires a life sentence without parole in capital murder cases where the death sentence is not imposed.
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