There are currently five inmates on death row in Maryland.
By HALEY BULL, Capital News Service As the legislature nears a vote on repealing the death penalty, capital punishment proponents are raising questions about the fate of the five inmates currently on Maryland’s death row. Specifically, they want to know the fate of three inmates sentenced to death in the early 1980’s, when life without parole was not on the books. Gov. Martin O'Malley’s bill would not take effect until October and is not retroactive. If the death penalty is repealed, legal experts and politicians have differing opinions on what will happen to the three inmates: Anthony Grandison, Vernon Lee Evans and John Booth-El. When the three were sentenced, serving a life sentence meant parole was a possibility after 15 or 25 years. …
Sean Henderson and Julia Maldonado, Capital News Service
This interactive graphic shows the five people executed in Maryland since 1976, and the five people currently on death row in the state. Also includes an interactive map comparing the number of executions in Maryland since 1976 with the number of executions in other states in that period.
Shawn
4:38 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
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