Celebration in the gallery

Left to right: Sylvester and Vicki Schieber, whose daughter Shannon was murdered; Kirk Bloodsworth, who spent several years on death row for a crime he did not commit, and NAACP President Ben Jealous celebrate the passage of SB276, which repeals the death penalty bill in Maryland. All fought hard for the bill and are celebrating its passage this afternoon in the House of Delegates.
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( Baltimore Sun photo by Barbara Haddock Taylor / March 15, 2013 )

Left to right: Sylvester and Vicki Schieber, whose daughter Shannon was murdered; Kirk Bloodsworth, who spent several years on death row for a crime he did not commit, and NAACP President Ben Jealous celebrate the passage of SB276, which repeals the death penalty bill in Maryland. All fought hard for the bill and are celebrating its passage this afternoon in the House of Delegates.

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