"If we have a major earthquake, we will have a real disaster in the state," said Rep. Bill Boucher, D-Kansas City. Boucher and other lawmakers have sponsored legislation in the past two years that would require all counties in Missouri to build up to code.
Citing discriminatory and arbitrary sentencing, several lawmakers urged a moratorium on the state's death penalty - until a study was conducted on its imposition. The amendment, sponsored by Rep. Bill Boucher, D-Kansas City, would've suspended the death penalty until July 2000.
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