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Maryland Senate Passes Death Penalty Repeal

By: Ciara Brown & Dawn White

Updated: March 6, 2013

ANNAPOLIS, MD - The Maryland Senate voted to repeal the death penalty on Wednesday at the State House.

The senate voted 27-20 on the bill. Senator Ron Young, (D), of Washington and Frederick Counties was the only western Maryland senator to vote for the repeal.

Western Maryland Senators George Edwards, Chris Shank, and David Brinkley are against repealing the death penalty.

"To repeal the death penalty, in my estimation, is not a good move for Maryland. There was to be that ultimate action that's reserved for those horrible crimes, but then the other factor is having the death penalty on the books providing prosecutors a tool," says Shank, (R) - Washington County.

"When we hear the stories and the atrocities of what those individuals did, there are truly monsters among us," Brinkley says. "Therefore, I do think Maryland does need to keep the death penalty in place."

The bill doesn't become law yet, it now heads to the House of Delegates where they'll vote on it. You can read the bill by clicking here.

If passed, Maryland would become the 18th state in the nation to ban the death penalty.