CT to repeal the death penalty

[greenforest32]

+1. It would be nice if the Governor commuted the sentences of the 11 death row inmates too.

Potentially, California will get rid of the death penalty as Washington upholds gay marriage and legalizes marijuana. I'm getting jealous over here

[greenforest32]

+1. It would be nice if the Governor commuted the sentences of the 11 death row inmates too.

He might not be able to.  Commutation is not a power all governors have.

Just looked it up: http://www.cnadp.org/resources/death-penalty-in-connecticut/

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[greenforest32]

The chances that CA voters repeal the death penalty are not too bad actually.

The ballot language will probably include "and replace it with life imprisonment without the chance of parole".

And the latest Field poll shows:

48% life without parole
40% death penalty

http://field.com/fieldpollonline/subscribers/Rls2393.pdf

And as you can see from the historical poll results, support for life without parole is steadily increasing.

If you think California voters will repeal the death penalty, you're crazy.

^^ This. There is a much greater change of Marijuana being legalized than the death penalty being repealed. And there isn't much chance of either.

I tend to agree it's unlikely any state population would vote to repeal the death penalty outright unless there were some recent scandals (executed innocents, etc) or it was a big financial sinkhole. And isn't the latter the case in California?

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jun/20/local/la-me-adv-death-penalty-costs-20110620

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Given California's budget issues, I think it's very possible voters will repeal it if not just to save money.

[greenforest32]

Passed the house: http://deathpenaltyinfo.org/recent-legislation-death-penalty-repeal-passes-second-connecticut-house-awaits-governors-signature

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[greenforest32]

NY reinstated the death penalty ?!?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_New_York

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