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News Coverage of the Connecticut House Vote

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"State House Votes To Abolish Death Penalty," is Christopher Keating's updated report for today's Hartford Courant.In past years, attempts to abolish the death penalty fell far short of the 76 votes needed in the 151-member House. But Wednesday's vote represented a wide margin in voting and a significant swing in the chamber's stance on the issue. Five Republicans broke with their caucus to vote in favor of abolition, joining 85 Democrats. Some legislators, on both sides of the issue, told stories about relatives who were murdered and how the crimes affected their lives and their views on punishment. Ted Mann writes, "House votes to revoke death penalty," for The Day.Four years to the day after Connecticut executed serial killer Michael Ross, its first execution of the modern era, the House of Representatives voted Wednesday to abolish the death penalty...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 14, 2009 (boomark / email).