On November 12, the Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment voted 13-7 to recommend abolishing the state's death penalty. Gov. Martin O'Malley opposes capital punishment and would support a bill to end executions in Maryland.

Last year, such a bill died in the divided Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee. Republican State Senator Alex X. Mooney could be a swing vote on the committee. Please sign the petition to tell Sen. Mooney that you abolishing the death penalty in Maryland.