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April 12, 2012

Connecticut Lawmakers Vote to Abolish Death Penalty 
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Lawmakers in Connecticut have given final approval to a measure that
would repeal the state's death penalty. The bill now goes to Gov. Dannel
Malloy, who has pledged to sign it into law. Connecticut would become
the 17th state overall and the fifth in five years to abolish the death
penalty, but the change would only apply to future cases. The 11
prisoners currently on death row in Connecticut would still face capital
punishment. Under an amendment approved by the state senate, those no
longer facing the death penalty would be held in conditions akin to
solitary confinement in a bid to match the conditions of death row.



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