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BOSTON--A day after Governor A. Paul Cellucci proposed a bill to bring back the death penalty to Massachusetts, 150 people rallied at the gates of the State House to oppose the move late yesterday afternoon...
Angry chants of "Cellucci Says Death Row, We Say Hell No" and picketing kicked off the rally. Speakers, ranging from state representatives to academics to bystanders, followed with addresses to the protesters...
...Cellucci, I'll not have my hands bloodied. We want justice, not death," said Victoria Williams, a Suffolk University student...
...While Cellucci and his predecessor, William F. Weld '66, were both death penalty advocates and the State Senate supported the measure, the House deadlocked on a 80-80 vote after Rep. John Slattery (D-Peabody) voted against the measure at the last minute...
...Bryon Rushing (D-Boston), another speaker at the rally who denounced the proposed bill, could not understand why Cellucci is advocating the death penalty though violent crime rates have been rapidly dropping...