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Efforts in Connecticut to convince Governor Rell to sign death penalty repeal bill

By Douglas A. Berman

This local article from Connecticut, headlined "Groups try to persuade Rell to abolish death penalty," highlights some of on-going work by what might be called the abolitionist lobby: Opponents of the death penalty began a campaign Thursday to persuade Gov. M. Jodi Rell to sign a bill that would end capital punishment in Connecticut. Defense lawyers, human rights activists and church leaders from throughout the state asked the Republican governor to reconsider her pledge to veto the legislation, which was approved in historic votes in the House and Senate over the last two weeks. While a new Quinnipiac University Poll indicated Thursday that 61 percent of the state wants to keep the death penalty, defense lawyers -- during a news conference that featured the author of "Dead Man Walking" in a teleconference from Iowa -- said the survey was flawed...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 29, 2009 (boomark / email).