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Governor Beebe Would Sign a Death Penalty Repeal Bill

By: Amanda Ashley
Updated: January 16, 2013
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Governor Mike Beebe says if the Legislature sent him a bill to repeal the death penalty, he would sign it.

Beebe made the statement while speaking at a Political Animals Club event in Little Rock on Wednesday, according to our partners at Arkansas Times.

The last execution in Arkansas was carried out in 2005.

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