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The arrested development of the death penalty in Connecticut

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this article from the Hartford Courant, the administration of the death penalty (or the lack thereof) has nearly everyone in the Nutmeg state frustrated.  Here is a snippet from the article: Many on both sides of the debate over the death penalty have come to the same conclusion: It is unworkable.  Only one inmate ? serial killer Michael Ross ? has been executed in Connecticut in nearly 50 years, and that was only after he waged a legal fight to have his sentence imposed.   But they disagree whether the death penalty should be eliminated or repaired. State Rep. Michael Lawlor, co-chairman of the legislature's judiciary committee and an opponent of capital punishment, said that no convicted killer is going to be executed in Connecticut unless he wants to be, resulting in a legal process that's cumbersome, costly and frustrating to victims' families...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 10, 2009 (boomark / email).