But while Engler has proposed a bill to changed the way executions are carried out, another Republican has propsed a more drastic step. Rep. Bill Deeken, R-Jefferson City, has proposed a bill this session that would put a moratorium on the death penalty until 2011.
Jefferson City Representative Bill Deeken sponsored the bill, which establishes a commission to recommend changes to the laws regarding the death penalty.
Thomas was one of about 50 people who gathered in the Capitol Tuesday to support Moratorium Now, a group seeking to halt and review the state's death penalty. The group called for Missourians to support a bill sponsored by Rep. Bill Deeken, R-Jefferson City. Deeken's bill calls for a death penalty moratorium until 2011. It also calls for a 10-member commission to review the state's death penalty.
Rep. Bill Deeken, R-Jefferson City, has proposed legislation that would put an end to all executions in the state of Missouri until 2011. The legislation also calls for a commission on the death penalty to be created in the state to review the implementation of the death penalty in past cases and assess pending death penalty cases.
For the second straight year, Rep. Bill Deeken, R-Jefferson City, has proposed legislation that would put a moratorium on the death penalty until 2011.
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