Prospects for repeal of the death penalty in Maryland appear no better than last year, when the effort failed by one vote in committee. But opponents of executions were back again Thursday with new twists on old arguments, including the high cost of death penalty prosecutions and the toll the process takes on the families of murder victims.
If those arguments fail again, there is also a push to create a large state commission to examine the use of the death penalty here. Only five men have been executed in the past 30 years in Maryland.
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