A man who once sat on death row for a crime he did not commit recently testified in support of Wyoming repealing its death penalty.
An organization made up of political conservatives seeking an end to the death penalty opened a chapter in Wyoming this week.
A measure aimed at repealing Wyoming’s death penalty may stand a better chance of winning approval in the Legislature’s 2020 session than it has in the past, according to a supporter.
Here is the status of some bills making their way through the Legislature’s general session:
Bills to repeal Wyoming’s death penalty and impose a 48-hour waiting period for abortions both died in the state’s Legislature this week, while a bill that would provide bonuses for state investment professionals who make good investments is headed to the governor’s office for his signature.
Cowboy State Daily’s Robert Geha has the rundown on the legislative winners and losers for the week.
Here is a look at the status of some of the bills being considered by Wyoming’s Legislature during its general session:
Efforts to repeal Wyoming’s death penalty will probably continue despite the Legislature’s decision this week to kill a bill that would have eliminated the penalty, according to a Douglas legislator.
A measure that would have repealed Wyoming’s death penalty failed to pass its first review by the full Senate on Thursday.
A proposed repeal of Wyoming’s death penalty is moving to the Senate floor for debate by the full body.
Wyoming’s legislators spent long hours on the floors of the House and Senate this week as they neared the midway point for their general session.
With a major deadline looming on Monday, legislators spent much of the week trying to get through a backlog of bills reviewed by committees and sent to the floor for debate.
Wyoming’s legislators spent long hours on the floors of the House and Senate this week as they neared the midway point for their general session.
With a major deadline looming on Monday, legislators spent much of the week trying to get through a backlog of bills reviewed by committees and sent to the floor for debate.
An effort to repeal Wyoming’s death penalty won approval in its second reading in Wyoming’s House Thursday, moving it one reading away from gaining full approval.
A bill that would repeal Wyoming’s death penalty won preliminary approval from Wyoming’s House on Wednesday.
HB 145 would make life without the possibility of parole the harshest sentence that could be handed down in the state. It was approved in its “Committee of the Whole” review — the first time a bill is reviewed by all House members. It now moves to its second of three readings in the House.
The death penalty is not the best way to punish a killer for his crimes, according to a man whose murder conviction and death penalty were overturned in 2004.
Randy Steidl, who was wrongfully convicted of murder in the 1986 death of a couple, was at the Legislature this week to lobby in favor of SF 145, which would repeal the state’s death penalty and make life without the possibility of parole the state’s harshest criminal penalty.
