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Connecticut to Repeal Death Penalty

Source: Hartford Courant | Connecticut | April 12, 2012



The Connecticut House of Representatives late Wednesday gave final legislative approval to a measure, which Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has pledged to sign, repealing the state's seldom-used death penalty. Connecticut will join the 16 other states, and the District of Columbia, that have abolished capital punishment.

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