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Minority report submitted on death penalty

Published 11/21/08

ANNAPOLIS — A draft minority report supporting Maryland's death penalty law was submitted Thursday to a state panel that has recommended repealing capital punishment.

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Scott Schellenberger, Baltimore County state's attorney who supports the death penalty, is the lead author of the 23-page report.

Schellenberger said the fact that only five people have been executed in Maryland since the death penalty was reinstated in 1978 demonstrates capital punishment is used judiciously in the state. He also pointed out that there are only five people on Maryland's death row.

"We believe the advances of DNA over the...

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