NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund: New Hampshire Repeals the Death Penalty
May 30, 2019
May 30, 2019
NEW YORK, May 30 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news release:
New Hampshire's Senate voted today to repeal the death penalty, joining the House in overriding Governor Chris Sununu's veto to become the 21st state in the country to end capital punishment. The bill will not be applied retroactively, leaving the fate of Michael Addison - a Black man and the only person on death row in the state - up in the air.
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New Hampshire's Senate voted today to repeal the death penalty, joining the House in overriding Governor Chris Sununu's veto to become the 21st state in the country to end capital punishment. The bill will not be applied retroactively, leaving the fate of Michael Addison - a Black man and the only person on death row in the state - up in the air.
"Every time the stat . . .