In South Dakota, a bill to repeal the death penalty was defeated in committee, Mark Walker reports for the Argus-Leader. A bill to allow people to state with their DMV registration that they did not want their murderers executed in the event that they were murdered was also killed, AP reports. Update: The repeal bill, SB 121, was not merely defeated. It went down in flames, 7-2.
In Oklahoma, bills to allow nitrogen hypoxia as an alternate method passed committees in both house easily: 9-0 for SB 794 in the Senate and 7-2 for HB 1879 in the House. Sean Murphy has this story for AP.
In Virginia, the Senate approved a bill, S.B. 1393, to protect suppliers of execution drugs from harassment by extending confidentiality to them. The bill now goes to the House. The Governor supports it.
In Oklahoma, bills to allow nitrogen hypoxia as an alternate method passed committees in both house easily: 9-0 for SB 794 in the Senate and 7-2 for HB 1879 in the House. Sean Murphy has this story for AP.
In Virginia, the Senate approved a bill, S.B. 1393, to protect suppliers of execution drugs from harassment by extending confidentiality to them. The bill now goes to the House. The Governor supports it.
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