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Earlier this year, the Maryland General Assembly created a 23-member commission to study all aspects of capital punishment in the state and to report on its findings and recommendations by December 15. The Commission was officially appointed on today and will hold a series of public hearings in July, August and September.

To learn more about the Commission and the efforts by people of faith and other citizens to abolish the death penalty, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

To read Sense-of-the-Assembly Resolution 0324 ("On the Death Penalty), adopted by the General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) meeting in Charlotte on October 17 - 21, 2003, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

The Maryland Interfaith Legislative Committee (MILC), with strong support from its members from diverse denominations and communities of faith, actively opposes the death penalty.

To read a letter from religious leaders opposing the death penalty, PLEASE CLICK HERE.