Hutchings famously said during an interview that she believed that "The greatest man who ever lived was killed by the death penalty for me and you," referencing Jesus, specifically.
An amendment that would have effectively defunded a bill to regulate the production of hemp and CBD amendment was overturned by the Senate on Friday., paving the way for a final vote next week.
Debating a measure that would have repealed the state's death penalty, Senator Lynn Hutchings argued that without capital punishment, Jesus Christ could not have died for our sins.