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CT: (not) so soft on cop assaults

By Gideon

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Man, we live in such a namby-pamby sissy state. All our judges are liberal, defendants regularly walk out the door after committing multiple homicides which involve gouging the eyes out of little children and eating their entrails while singing songs of the devil and Hitler (too soon?).

And we regularly condone assaulting cops without handing out as much as a slap on the wrist.

What’s that? We don’t?

A new report from the Office of Legislative Report indicates that CT has the second harshest sentencing scheme of all the northeastern states for assaults on cops (which includes throwing paint). Puts the call for a mandatory-minimum sentence in a whole new light, doesn’t it? Take a look:

Attachment 2: Survey of Neighboring States’ Penalties for Assaulting Public Safety Officers


*State and Statute Citation*	*Imprisonment*	*Fine*
*Connecticut* CGS § 53a-167c	1-10 years	Up to $ 10,000
*Maine* Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. t: t. 17-A § 752-A	Not more than five years	Up to $ 5,000
*Massachusetts* Mass. Gen. Laws Ch. 265, § 13D	Not less than 90 days nor more than two and half years	Not less than $ 500 nor more than $ 5,000
New Hampshire	No Statute
*New Jersey* N. J. Stat. § 2C: 12-1(b)(5)(a)	If victim suffers bodily injury: three to five years If victim does not suffer bodily injury: up to 18 months	Up to $ 15,000 Up to $ 10,000
*New York* N. Y. Penal Law § 120. 08 and 120. 11	Assault: three to fifteen years Aggravated Assault: three to twenty five years	Up to $ 5,000 for either assault or aggravated assault
*Rhode Island* R. I. Gen. Laws § 11-5-5	Not more than three years	not more than $ 1,500
*Vermont* Vt. Stat. Ann. t: t. , § 1028	Not more than one year	not more than $ 1,000