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Connecticut House approves death penalty repeal
April 11, 2012
April 11, 2012
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approval in the state Senate.
Connecticut has executed only one inmate in 51 years.
The death penalty has been on the books in Connecticut for more than 150 years.
Conn. Senate OKs death penalty repeal bill
Hours before the House debate Wednesday, repeal proponents had urged their legislators to follow the lead of the Senate. Milford resident Dawn Mancarella, whose mother, Joyce Masury, was murdered in 1996, said she represented more than 180 people who have lost loved ones to murder and were backing repeal. She said they do not believe the death penalty helps them.
"Some of us have
approval in the state Senate.
Connecticut has executed only one inmate in 51 years.
The death penalty has been on the books in Connecticut for more than 150 years.
Conn. Senate OKs death penalty repeal bill
Hours before the House debate Wednesday, repeal proponents had urged their legislators to follow the lead of the Senate. Milford resident Dawn Mancarella, whose mother, Joyce Masury, was murdered in 1996, said she represented more than 180 people who have lost loved ones to murder and were backing repeal. She said they do not believe the death penalty helps them.
"Some of us have
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