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« Reply #700 on: February 20, 2012, 04:20:10 PM »



http://www.housatonictimes.com/articles/2012/02/18/news/political/doc4f3af5495a450970284402.txt
Death Penalty Repeal on the Mind of Some Legislators
By SHANNON YOUNG Associated Press
February 18, 2012


HARTFORD — Some state lawmakers are reviving a push to end Connecticut’s death penalty, hoping for an easier road this year following the conclusion of two widely publicized trials for a brutal 2007 triple slaying.

While the only survivor of the Cheshire home invasion personally lobbied legislators last year to keep the death penalty, at least one state senator who was swayed by Dr. William Petit says he is now ready to vote for repeal.

“Last year was not an appropriate time to discuss (repeal),” said Sen. Andrew Maynard, a Stonington Democrat.


Petit’s influence helped to doom last year’s bid to repeal the death penalty, which never made it to the Senate floor for a vote. Since then, a man described as the crime’s mastermind has been condemned to join his co-defendant on death row, closing the case on the attack in which Petit’s wife and two daughters were killed.
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Those fools trying to repeal it need to spend some time locked up in a room with JK.  Bet that would change their minds.
If there was ever a case that called for the death penalty, this is it.
Otherwise, the punishment should be general population and not solitary.
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« Reply #701 on: February 20, 2012, 05:25:01 PM »



http://www.housatonictimes.com/articles/2012/02/18/news/political/doc4f3af5495a450970284402.txt
Death Penalty Repeal on the Mind of Some Legislators
By SHANNON YOUNG Associated Press
February 18, 2012


HARTFORD — Some state lawmakers are reviving a push to end Connecticut’s death penalty, hoping for an easier road this year following the conclusion of two widely publicized trials for a brutal 2007 triple slaying.

While the only survivor of the Cheshire home invasion personally lobbied legislators last year to keep the death penalty, at least one state senator who was swayed by Dr. William Petit says he is now ready to vote for repeal.

“Last year was not an appropriate time to discuss (repeal),” said Sen. Andrew Maynard, a Stonington Democrat.


Petit’s influence helped to doom last year’s bid to repeal the death penalty, which never made it to the Senate floor for a vote. Since then, a man described as the crime’s mastermind has been condemned to join his co-defendant on death row, closing the case on the attack in which Petit’s wife and two daughters were killed.
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Those fools trying to repeal it need to spend some time locked up in a room with JK.  Bet that would change their minds.
If there was ever a case that called for the death penalty, this is it.
Otherwise, the punishment should be general population and not solitary.

 
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« Reply #702 on: February 26, 2012, 11:02:45 AM »

http://www.rep-am.com/news/local/623165.txt
The fiscal burden of murder
Defense for Hayes, Komisarjevsky costs state $2.1M so far

BY LAURESHA XHIHANI REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
February 26, 2012
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« Reply #703 on: February 26, 2012, 11:05:33 AM »

http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-death-penalty-vote-0225-20120224,0,140198.story
Key Lawmaker Ties Death Penalty Vote To Repeal Of Early-Release Credits
By DANIELA ALTIMARI, altimari@courant.com The Hartford Courant
February 24, 2012

State Sen. Andrew Roraback, a longtime opponent of the death penalty, said Friday he would not back a repeal bill unless lawmakers also reverse a series of changes to the state's criminal justice policy.

Roraback's vote is considered key if capital punishment is to be abolished in Connecticut this year.

The legislature's judiciary committee announced earlier this week that it intends to raise the issue this session.
In past years, a repeal bill has passed the House by a wide margin but vote counts in the Senate have been much closer.

Roraback, a Republican from Goshen, is running for Congress in the 5th District and has been hammered by opponent Lisa Wilson-Foley for his opposition to capital punishment. Wilson-Foley began running radio ads this week attacking "the liberal politicians and special interests in Hartford trying to eliminate the death penalty" and urging listeners to call Roraback's office.

"Nothing has changed with respect to my thinking on the death penalty,'' Roraback said. "I don't believe the state should be in the business of extinguishing life but I also this year want to make sure the state isn't in the business of breaking its promises.

"Last year we passed an early-release bill that was a breach of faith with victims of crime ... and their families because it is breaking a promise that was made at the time of sentencing,'' Roraback added.

He is referring to a bill approved during the 2011 legislative session that establishes an early-release program for prisoners, including some who were convicted of violent offenses such as rape and arson. Roraback and other members of the Republican caucus who oppose the bill called it bad public policy.

Under the policy, inmates may earn up to five days a month off of their sentence for good behavior and participation in programs that aim to reduce recidivism. The credits can be revoked if prisoners misbehave or fail to comply with the program.

Michael P. Lawlor, Gov.Dannel P. Malloy's undersecretary for criminal justice issues and the architect of the new policy, said it cannot be repealed retroactively.

But Roraback said he intends to offer an amendment to a death penalty repeal bill that would also repeal the early-release credits.

"We have an opportunity to, in connection with the death penalty vote, to restore integrity to our sentencing system,'' he said. "I will vote to repeal the death penalty if this provision is included, Otherwise, I will not.''
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« Reply #704 on: March 10, 2012, 05:37:38 PM »

http://www.registercitizen.com/articles/2012/03/06/opinion/doc4f56bbe53ecd2938330125.txt
EDITORIAL: Trials’ high cost is price of justice
March 6, 2012
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« Reply #705 on: March 10, 2012, 09:04:19 PM »

I'm sorry.  But that much money spent on obviously guilty individuals is a huge waste. 
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« Reply #706 on: March 10, 2012, 09:44:37 PM »

I'm sorry.  But that much money spent on obviously guilty individuals is a huge waste. 

Exactly my feelings too KittyMom!  I think  a lot of time and $$ spent on specialists and testing in regard to poor or unhappy childhoods and stuff like that was a real waste.  I'm surprised they didn't go back to toilet training to see if there might have been a problem they could blame for their actions.    
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« Reply #707 on: March 14, 2012, 07:28:41 PM »

http://www.theday.com/article/20120314/NWS12/120319759/1047
Home invasion survivor critical of dealth penalty repeal bill
March 14, 2012

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« Reply #708 on: April 04, 2012, 10:38:54 PM »

http://abcnews.go.com/US/family-massacre-survivor-william-petit-repeal-connecticut-death/story?id=16072574
Family Massacre Survivor William Petit Opposes Repeal of CT Death Penalty
April 4, 2012

onnecticut state senators are expected to vote on a controversial death penalty repeal bill today, with family members of murder victims at odds about whether the bill should move forward or not.

The proposed bill would replace the death penalty with a sentence of life without parole. It would abolish the death penalty for future cases, but would not affect sentences for the 11 inmate's currently on death row in the state.

One of the strongest voices against repealing the death penalty has been Dr. William Petit Jr., the lone survivor of a 2007 Cheshire home invasion that resulted in the brutal murders of his wife and two daughters. The two men convicted of the crime, Joshua Komisarjevsky and Steven Hayes, are currently on death row.

Republican minority Leader John McKinney joined with other lawmakers, Petit and the family members of other murder victims to denounce the repeal bill at a news conference.

"We believe in the death penalty because we believe it is really the only true just punishment for certain heinous and depraved murders,'' Petit said.

Senate Democrats also gathered this morning in Connecticut to unveil an amendment to a bill that requires harsher sentences for those convicted of "murder with special circumstances."
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« Reply #709 on: April 12, 2012, 12:10:52 PM »

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2111838,00.html
Conn. Lawmakers OK Death Penalty Repeal
April 12, 2012

(HARTFORD, Conn.) — After years of failed attempts to repeal the death penalty, Connecticut lawmakers in both the House and the Senate have passed legislation that abolishes the punishment for all future cases.

As expected, members of the House voted 86-62 in favor of the bill after a floor debate that lasted nearly 10 hours on Wednesday.

The legislation, which would make Connecticut the 17th state to abolish the death penalty, awaits a signature from Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who has said he would sign the bill into law.
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The bill would abolish the death penalty and replace it with a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of release.
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(HARTFORD, Conn.) — After years of failed attempts to repeal the death penalty, Connecticut lawmakers in both the House and the Senate have passed legislation that abolishes the punishment for all future cases.

As expected, members of the House voted 86-62 in favor of the bill after a floor debate that lasted nearly 10 hours on Wednesday.

The legislation, which would make Connecticut the 17th state to abolish the death penalty, awaits a signature from Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who has said he would sign the bill into law.
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The bill would abolish the death penalty and replace it with a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of release.

Lawmakers were able to garner support by making the legislation affect only future crimes and not the 11 men currently on death row


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Last week the state Senate voted in favor of the bill after nearly 11 hours of debate.

Before the vote, Democratic Senators amended the bill to require that individuals convicted under the new legislation would be subject to prison conditions similar to those of death row inmates.

The House voted in favor of the Senate amendment.

Many officials insisted on that as a condition of their support for repeal in a state where two men were sentenced to death for a gruesome 2007 home invasion in Cheshire.


Despite passing the two Senate amendments, House members voted down a total of 11 amendments, including a measure proposed by the Waterbury delegation that would preserve the death penalty for individuals convicted of killing a police officer.

The amendment came in response to the 1992 murder of Waterbury Police Officer Walter T. Williams III. His killer, Richard Reynolds, currently sits on death row.
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« Reply #710 on: April 12, 2012, 12:11:39 PM »

The two men sentenced to death in the Petit Family murders still face the death sentence.    ::justice2NJ::
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« Reply #711 on: April 12, 2012, 12:18:25 PM »

The two men sentenced to death in the Petit Family murders still face the death sentence.    ::justice2NJ::

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« Reply #712 on: April 25, 2012, 04:39:37 PM »

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/25/justice/connecticut-death-penalty-law-repealed/index.html
Connecticut becomes 17th state to abolish death penalty
By David Ariosto, CNN
April 25, 2012

(CNN) -- Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy signed a bill into law Wednesday that abolishes the death penalty, making his state the 17th in the nation to abandon capital punishment and the fifth in five years to usher in a repeal.

The law is effective immediately, though prospective in nature, meaning that it would not apply to those already sentenced to death. It replaces the death penalty with life in prison without the possibility of release as the state's highest form of punishment.

"Although it is an historic moment -- Connecticut joins 16 other states and the rest of the industrialized world by taking this action -- it is a moment for sober reflection, not celebration," Malloy said in a statement.

He added that the "unworkability" of Connecticut's death penalty law was a contributing factor in his decision.
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« Reply #713 on: May 01, 2012, 01:24:07 PM »

Although my denomination is against the death penalty, I am in favor of it and if there ever was a case which the death penalty should apply, this is it.
 
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« Reply #714 on: May 06, 2012, 04:53:17 PM »

Although my denomination is against the death penalty, I am in favor of it and if there ever was a case which the death penalty should apply, this is it.
 

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« Reply #715 on: May 15, 2012, 01:40:45 PM »

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-05-15/komisarjevsky-connecticut-home-invasion-killer/54972380/1
Conn. home invasion killer tries not to think about murders
May 15, 2012


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« Reply #716 on: May 15, 2012, 01:50:18 PM »

Why the h3ll was this sociopath interviewed??????????  It plays into his evilness. 
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« Reply #717 on: May 15, 2012, 02:11:11 PM »

Why the h3ll was this sociopath interviewed??????????  It plays into his evilness. 

Anything for a story, I suppose.   
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« Reply #718 on: May 17, 2012, 10:58:33 AM »

Why the h3ll was this sociopath interviewed??????????  It plays into his evilness. 

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« Reply #719 on: July 02, 2012, 03:26:14 PM »

http://abcnews.go.com/US/petit-family-killer-steven-hayes-oyster-suicide-plan/story?id=16695542
Petit Family Killer's Elaborate Oyster Suicide Plan
July 2, 2012

 
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