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Committee advances constitutional amendment to bar death penalty after extensive testimony
Summary
House Bill 35, a first-leg constitutional amendment to prohibit the death penalty in Delaware, was released from the House Administration Committee after sponsor remarks and extended public testimony from legal and advocacy groups.
The House Administration Committee voted to release House Bill 35, a proposed amendment to Article I of the Delaware Constitution to prohibit the death penalty.
Representative Sean Lynn, sponsor of the amendment, framed the bill as a response to Delaware——s long and troubled history with capital punishment and a means to prevent future reinstatement. "It's just time to end the cycle," Lynn said, summarizing decades of statutory changes and court rulings that repeatedly altered Delaware's capital punishment regime.
Committee members heard extended public comment in favor of the amendment. Kevin O'Connell, chief defender at the Office of Defense Services, noted…
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