Is Repeal Still Possible This Year in Delaware?

"Delaware House committee reconvenes to act on bill repealing death penalty," is this morning's headline from the AP, via the Washington Post.

A House committee is reconvening to consider a bill repealing Delaware’s death penalty.

Members of the Judiciary Committee ended a meeting last week in confusion, after supporters of the bill failed to win approval to table it and opponents were prevented from taking a vote against it.

Majority Democrats acknowledged, however, that the bill did not have enough votes to be released from committee.

The standoff sent House lawyers to work studying whether rules governing House procedures were followed, and House Speaker Pete Schwartzkopf said the committee would reconvene Tuesday.

Earlier coverage of the Delaware repeal legislation begins at the link.