The death penalty repeal bill was the only legislation on the Judiciary Committee voting list.

The first amendment that was offered would have maintained capital punishment for contract murder.

What I said in response applied equally to the nine that followed.

“The question before us is whether we should end the death penalty.   You can’t have a partial repeal.

The flaws in this process – innocence, race, time, and money – don’t go away if you allow for executions in this one circumstance or any other.”

All of the amendments were defeated.  The favorable report passed, 14-8.