(Annapolis, MD) — The president of the national NAACP is expected to appear in Annapolis this morning to support a push to eliminate the death penalty in Maryland. Benjamin Jealous and other civil rights leaders are gathering in the state capital ahead of tomorrow’s reconvening of the General Assembly. According to an advisory, Jealous and the others say they plan to highlight racial disparities and “systemic flaws” with capital punishment. According to the “Washington Post,” anti-death penalty activists, are also planning to lobby lawmakers on January 16th, Martin Luther King Day. Maryland has had a de facto moratorium on capital punishment since late 2006, when the state’s highest court ruled that procedures for lethal injections had not been properly adopted.
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