Connecticut Is Wrong To Veto Death Penalty Abolition Bill
I am extremely disappointed that Governor M. Jodi Rell today vetoed HB 6578, which would have abolished the death penalty in Connecticut. Governor Rell’s veto of this legislation represents a missed...
View ArticleMontana Senate Votes to Abolish Death Penalty
By a 26-24 vote, the Montana Senate yesterday voted to repeal the death penalty. Twenty-two Democrats and 4 Republicans voted for the measure (SB 185), which now goes to the House. This is the...
View ArticleFirst Steps Toward Abolition in Connecticut
By Helen Jack, Yale University Amnesty International Chapter Coordinator Following the lead of Illinois, Connecticut took a step toward death penalty abolition. On Monday, the Connecticut Judiciary...
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Death Penalty Abolition: Five States That Could Be Next
Witness viewing room © Scott Langley Three states have abolished the death penalty legislatively in recent years: New Jersey in 2007, New Mexico in 2009, and Illinois in 2011. Inevitably, more states...
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Connecticut Victim Families Fight for Death Penalty Abolition
(c) Scott Langley A bill to repeal Connecticut’s death penalty was introduced on Wednesday. It has an excellent chance of passing, largely because an increasing number of murder victim family members...
View ArticleConnecticut Committee Endorses Abolition
Yesterday Connecticut’s Judiciary Committee voted in favor of repealing the death penalty. It will now be up to the full House and Senate to vote up or down on whether Connecticut will finally get rid...
View ArticleConnecticut Senate Passes Death Penalty Repeal!
Overcoming a major hurdle, death penalty repeal in Connecticut has passed in the state Senate by a vote of 20-16. The bill, with the endorsement of 179 murder victim family members, would remove the...
View ArticleConnecticut’s Death Penalty Repeal Bill Going To The Governor!
The Connecticut House of Representatives, by a vote of 86-62, has approved the bill abolishing that state’s death penalty. It will now go to Governor Dannel P. Malloy for his signature. With...
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Connecticut Death Penalty Abolished! (California Next?)
With his signature, Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed into law the repeal of Connecticut’s death penalty, making his state the 17th, and the 5th in the last 5 years, to do away with capital...
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Death Penalty In 2012: Seven Significant Signs
A final tally of the Connecticut legislature’s vote to abolish the death penalty. By this time at the end of the year, states have generally stopped killing their prisoners. This break from executions...
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