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Maryland's highest court yesterday ruled that a recent Supreme Court decision does not invalidate the state's capital punishment statute, clearing the way for executions to resume among the 10 men on death row.
Nine months after the Court of Appeals halted Steven H. Oken's impending execution, the judges split 4 to 3 in denying his contention that Maryland's law was no longer constitutional. Oken's guilt was never in question, rather the standard of proof by which he was sentenced. Had the decision gone in his favor, it could have completely upended sentences for at least seven other inmates.
Instead, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) could soon begin deciding whether to move forward with an execution. Ehrlich, who took office in January vowing to lift a moratorium on capital punishment, declined to comment yesterday.
Washington Post
Nine months after the Court of Appeals halted Steven H. Oken's impending execution, the judges split 4 to 3 in denying his contention that Maryland's law was no longer constitutional. Oken's guilt was never in question, rather the standard of proof by which he was sentenced. Had the decision gone in his favor, it could have completely upended sentences for at least seven other inmates.
Instead, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) could soon begin deciding whether to move forward with an execution. Ehrlich, who took office in January vowing to lift a moratorium on capital punishment, declined to comment yesterday.
Washington Post
someone wake up 'ol sparky! 
When they said, be on the look out for 2 black males, I nearly fell out of my chair. I was very suprised.
