New hampshire has just failed to abolish the death penalty-by one vote. Given that the Granite State has not actually executed anyone since 1939. you might think this doesn't matter much. But, obviously, it matters to the one man on death row in New Hampshire, a cop-killer called Michael Addison. It matters, also, to the broader campaign to scrap capital punishment in America. And despite the setback in New Hampshire, the abolitionists are slowly winning.
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