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Debates over whether to abolish the death penalty continue in several of the 32 states that authorize it. Maryland in March became the most recent state to repeal the death penalty. A bill to eliminate it in Washington has been buoyed, supporters believe, by some high profile convictions overturned by DNA testing, along with the high costs of prosecuting and appealing death penalty cases. Opponents argue that executions are appropriate under certain horrific circumstances. Next door in Oregon, the...