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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 969

2     AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend House Resolution 969 on page 1, by
3 inserting immediately below line 12 the following:
4     "WHEREAS, The Governor needs to apply his powers of
5 commutation on a case by case basis and not grant blanket
6 commutation; and"; and
 
7 on page 2, by replacing line 6 with the following:
8 "to public safety; and
 
9     WHEREAS, The reforms implemented by Governor Ryan's
10 Capital Punishment Reform Committee and enacted by the General
11 Assembly as Public Act 93-605 have been working; and
 
12     WHEREAS, The Capital Punishment Reform Study Committee's
13 report to the General Assembly is due later this year;
14 therefore, be it".