Democrats Say Death Penalty Is Likely To Fail

In Tuesday's New York Times:

ALBANY, April 4 - Top Democrats in the State Assembly said on Monday that they expect a bill to reinstitute the death penalty in New York State to fail when it gets to a legislative committee for a vote next week.

Such a vote could not only ensure that capital punishment remains in limbo in New York for the rest of 2005, but also signal resistance among the sizable Democratic majority in the Assembly that could doom longer-term efforts to restore the death penalty in the state.

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