[Magdalen] Kelly Gissendaner

[Jay Weigel]

I grew up in Wisconsin, which hasn't had a death penalty since the 19th
century. Then I moved to Tennessee, which has a love affair with it, and am
now in Virginia, which seems to have a kind of off-again, on-again thing
with it. I am very disappointed in our *Democratic* governor at this moment.

On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 2:43 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 12:58 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Once again, I'm glad I live in New England.
>
> I was glad Michigan was first to abolish the death penalty; at least
> that's what we were taught. I could look it up...Wikipedia says:
>
> "Michigan was the first English-speaking government in the world to
> totally abolish the death penalty for ordinary crimes. The Michigan
> State Legislature voted to do so on May 18, 1846, and this has
> remained in law since."
>
> Of course, there are forces on the right seeking to change this.
>
> Illinois has the death penalty, but I think we're still under
> governor/convict George Ryan's moratorium on same (which I support,
> even though he was a crook).
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>