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Connecticut House approves death penalty repeal
April 11, 2012
April 11, 2012
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penalty in place.
The two killers in that case are now on death row, and officials including Gov. Dannel P. Malloy insisted as a condition of their support for repeal that the law would not affect inmates already condemned to die. But Petit and some Republican critics say lawyers for death row inmates would inevitably use the new law as grounds for appeals.
Connecticut has carried out only one execution in 51 years, when serial killer Michael Ross was administered a lethal injection in 2005 after he gave up his appeal rights.
In the past five years, four states have
penalty in place.
The two killers in that case are now on death row, and officials including Gov. Dannel P. Malloy insisted as a condition of their support for repeal that the law would not affect inmates already condemned to die. But Petit and some Republican critics say lawyers for death row inmates would inevitably use the new law as grounds for appeals.
Connecticut has carried out only one execution in 51 years, when serial killer Michael Ross was administered a lethal injection in 2005 after he gave up his appeal rights.
In the past five years, four states have
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