The state Senate is sending a bill to repeal Montana's death penalty to the House, where the plan failed 2 years ago.
A day after the Senate signaled its support for Senate Bill 185, the chamber gave it final passage Tuesday with another 26-24 vote. The bill drew the support of all the chamber's Democrats and 4 Republicans.
If it passes, the bill will immediately replace the death penalty with life in prison without parole and could change the sentences of 2 inmates currently on death row.
Next, the bill must clear the Republican-dominated House. A similar measure passed the Senate last session in 2009, but didn't even make it out of a House committee.
Source: Associated Press, Feb. 16, 2011
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