Without much to-do, and announcing it only after the fact, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed a bill that abolishes the death penalty — save for the 11 men still on the state’s death row.
And not just in Connecticut, where Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed a bill that abolishes capital punishment in the state, save for 11 men on our death row.
On Monday, a California ballot measure on capital punishment received the 500,000 signatures it needed to go to the voters in November.
Caifornia is home the country’s largest death row population, and unlike Connecticut’s abolition bill,that piece of legislation would commute the sentences of some 725 people on [...]
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Sis. Mary Healy’s brother was a victim in a mass murder in 2000 in Wilkinsburg, Penn. She listened to the state House of Representatives’ discussion about capital punishment. The House voted 86-62 to repeal the death penalty, and the bill now goes to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who has promised to sign it.
The discussion was passionate, and difficult, and the 86-62 vote came just before 11 p.m. Wednesday. If Gov. Dannel Malloy signs the bill, as he’s said he would, Connecticut will join 16 other states, and the District of Columbia, that reject capital punishment.
You can read a story about one of the observers today — one [...]
The bill was passed 20-16 by the Senate in the wee hours of last Thursday. Earlier today, supporters of the bill (who want to repeal Connecticut’s capital punishment) had a press conference in the Legislative Office Building.
