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Does New Hampshire Need the Threat of Death? @NHLF14
HB1170, a bill to repeal the crime of capital murder in New Hampshire will be one of the most controversial issues the legislature takes up this year. Support and opposition to this bill seems to fall outside traditional party lines and libertarians in the state house are far from unanimous on this issue. In 2000 the republican house and senate voted to repeal the death penalty but the democratic governor vetoed it. More recently in 2011 a republican legislature and democratic governor passed a bill expanding the use of the death penalty to include burglary.

New Hampshire has executed 24 people since 1738 a time when a capital crime under the laws of the Province of New Hampshire included rape, homosexual acts, abortion, and bestiality. Today capital crimes are limited to knowingly causing the death of another in seven circumstances, including the death of law enforcement officers and judges. Convicted of the 2006 murder of police officer Michael Briggs in Manchester, Michael Addison has been sentenced to death. Addison is the only inmate on death row in New Hampshire which hasn't executed anyone since 1939, dismantled it's gallows in 1992 and has no execution chamber.

Each panelist will have an opportunity to respond to opposing viewpoints presented by the moderator and each other. The panelists have a range of opinions on the issue and each come from a different background. Renny Cushing is the prime sponsor of HB1170 and is leading the current repeal effort in the state house. Renny's father was murdered in 1988 and his tragic experience has informed his views on the relavancy of the penalty. Richard O'Leary's law enforcement background as Deputy Chief of the Manchester Police Department could provide insight into case of Michael Addison. Devon Chaffee of the NHCLU can offer perspective on law regarding capital punishment and how it use varies among the states. Libertarian legislators Mark Warden, Joel Winters, and Keith Murphy make up the rest of the panel each with a different stance on the death penalty.
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