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A Flurry of News and Opinion from Connecticut

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Both chambers of the Connecticut General Assembly have passed repeal legislation, a bill the governor has vowed to veto.  With the legislature set to adjourn on Wednesday, there is a flurry of OpEds and editorials on HB 5459.The New Haven Register carries the news article, "Capital Punishment up for debate: Life or death," written by James Tinley.  It appeared in the Sunday edition.  Here's an excerpt from the lengthy article:With a bill to abolish the death penalty in Connecticut passing both chambers of the General Assembly, but awaiting a promised veto from Gov. M. Jodi Rell, activists have renewed the debate on capital punishment.Weeks of debate on the issue drew impassioned testimony from people who have had intimate brushes with death row...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 01, 2009 (boomark / email).