York Dispatch
Two state lawmakers who don’t usually see eye to eye are putting their differences aside for a common goal — repealing the death penalty.
State Rep. Christopher Rabb, D-Philadelphia County, and Frank Ryan, R-Lebanon County, are cobbling together a bipartisan coalition and drafting legislation in an attempt to eliminate capital punishment in Pennsylvania.
“One innocent life taken at the hands of the state is too many,” the bill memo states.
Rabb said it was important for this repeal to be with “bipartisan support.”
“It cannot be overstated how rare it is that I’m shoulder to shoulder with a conservative Republican,” he said. “Getting two people who are so far apart on the spectrum is like seeing a unicorn riding a leprechaun.”
Read more at https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/2019/06/14/bipartisan-effort-under-way-state-house-repeal-death-penalty/1381575001/.
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