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Connecticut repeal efforts move forward

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

Last night Connecticut joined New Hampshire in moving forward to make New England the first capital punishment free region in the country. Both efforts have a long way to go, as to Connecticut, the Hartford Courant notes: A bill to abolish the death penalty won approval from the legislature’s judiciary committee Tuesday night ? with proponents saying that Connecticut’s capital punishment law is unworkable and too costly to taxpayers, that new DNA testing has exonerated convicted death-row inmates across the country and that when the state kills someone it dehumanizes society. The committee voted 24-13 to send the bill to the floor of the House. It would make life imprisonment without the possibility of release the maximum penalty for a capital felony...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on April 02, 2009 (boomark / email).