Death Penalty Advocates Needle Romney Over Bill

This Boston Herald article proves a rough road is ahead for Massachusettes Governor, Mitt Romey's death penalty bill.

Gov. Mitt Romney's death penalty bill - already slammed by liberals - is now being blasted by a tough-on-crime victims' rights group as shoddy, "pro-killer'' legislation destined for failure.

"It looks like it was written by a criminal defense attorney,'' said Mike Paranzino of the pro-death penalty group Throwawaythekey.org. "It is stacked again and again in the killers' favor and victims are an after-thought. It would be unlikely to ever lead to an execution in Massachusetts.''

Chief among the group's gripes is that the bill does not specifically call for death in child or sex slayings but would put death on the table for inmates serving life who kill behind bars. Romney's bill provides the death penalty for killings involving terrorism, the murder of a law enforcement officer and slayings involving multiple victims or torture - all backed by irrefutable DNA evidence.

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