From the Derry News:

A proposal to expand the state’s death penalty law to make killing Family Court judges and court security officers a capital offense will likely be nixed by its sponsors because of a last-minute change to the bill.

Sen. Bob Letourneau, R-Derry, said he plans to ask the Senate to get rid of the bill next week because of an amendment calling for a study of whether capital punishment is legal or fair. The amendment was proposed by Rep. Lori Movsesian, D-Nashua, a death penalty opponent who sought a compromise among lawmakers to delay passing the bill into law.

It’s the latest in a tit for tat expected to play out in the Statehouse as New Hampshire draws closer to its first two capital murder trials in decades.

Attorney General Kelly Ayotte told lawmakers last week she opposed the study committee, saying it was the wrong time to question capital punishment since prosecutors are well underway with the two cases.

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