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Connecticut Debate

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I understand from Ben Jones that the Connecticut General Assembly is debating HB 5459 right now.  You can listen at this LINK."Death penalty debate looms in the House," is Ted Mann's report for The Day.The state House of Representatives is expected to debate a proposal to abolish Connecticut?s death penalty statute this week. Expect a fight.Opponents of capital punishment and supporters alike agree that the current system is untenable, though not necessarily on the reasons. It?s close to impossible to get a prisoner on death row executed in Connecticut. Since the death penalty was reinstated in the early 1970s, the only person put to death was the serial killer Michael Ross, who was fighting on the same side as prosecutors, trying to be put to death...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 13, 2009 (boomark / email).