New Mexico to bring back death penalty for killers of children and cops

‘Driven by recent deaths of two police officers and a 10-year-old girl, New Mexico legislature is inching closer to restoring the death penalty for those convicted of killing children or police and corrections officers.
The state House of Representatives voted 36-30 on Thursday morning to restore capital punishment by lethal injection in those particular cases, KOAT reported. Deliberations started at 2:45am and lasted through the night, with the minority Democrats accusing the Republican majority of timing the vote to avoid public scrutiny, according to KRQE.
Americans on the whole are not enthusiastic about capital punishment, according to the most recent survey by the Pew Research Center, showing 49 percent in support and 42 percent opposed to the death penalty. It remains very much a partisan issue, however, with 72 percent of Republicans in favor and 66 percent of Democrats opposed.’
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