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Colorado voted down the death penalty 33-32 decision on house bill 1274. In the last 40 years in Colorado has had only one execution. Lawmakers said that by eliminating the death penalty they can now fund the “cold case” unit.
House leader Paul Weissmann D-Louisville is the bill’s sponsor said more than 1000 homicides have gone unsolved in Colorado in the last 40 years, during which only one convict was executed. By passing the bill $800,000 in saved money be left over every year after the state funds the cold-case unit.
Opponents say the bill will take away a necessary tool for law enforcement officers and prosecutors.
Locally Edward Casso D-Thornton and John Soper D-Thornton both voted against it. I like to give credit where credit is due the democratic party was in favor of this bill and these two representatives both voted against it. That shows leadership and integrity.
For crimes such as terrorism, mass violence and killing witnesses, Attorney General John Suthers said “it is not appropriate to incarcerate someone for life.”
I can think of an old serial killer named Ted Bundy who escaped from Glenwood Springs Jail and he went on to kill several more victims. It was his death that the victim’s family’s finally had closure, and society did not have to worry about him.
This is a tough call but Colorado has already voted for the death penalty, we should enforce it.
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