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发帖数: 29846 | 1 The state supreme court in Connecticut has just decided that the death
penalty is a violation of the state constitution and has put an end to the
state’s death row sparing the lives of 11 inmates sentenced to die, reports
say.
In a close 4-3 vote the court decided that the death penalty was illegal and
that decision allowed all inmates sentenced to death before recent
legislation ending the death penalty to escape their sentence.
Connecticut Supreme Court Justice Richard Palmer wrote for the majority:
“Upon careful consideration of the defendant’s claims in light of the
governing constitutional principles and Connecticut’s unique historical and
legal landscape, we are persuaded that, following its prospective abolition
, this state’s death penalty no longer comports with contemporary standards
of decency and no longer serves any legitimate penological purpose. For
these reasons, execution of those offenders who committed capital felonies
prior to April 25, 2012, would violate the state constitutional prohibition
against cruel and unusual punishment.”
As The Associated Press reports, “The ruling comes in an appeal from a
12th inmate, Eduardo Santiago, whose attorneys had argued that any execution
carried out after the 2012 repeal would constitute cruel and unusual
punishment. Santiago, whose first sentence was overturned, faced a second
penalty hearing and the possibility of lethal injection for a 2000 murder-
for-hire killing in West Hartford.”
The justices ordered a new penalty phase for Santiago, saying the trial
judge failed to disclose “significant and relevant” mitigating evidence
for jury consideration before jurors decided in 2005 to send Santiago to
death row for the killing of Joseph Niwinski.
The Hartford Courant notes that “the last person to be executed in
Connecticut was serial killer Michael Ross, and that execution occurred in
2005 only after Ross waged a legal fight to end his appeals and to have the
sentence imposed.”
Currently, 19 states and the District of Columbia have outlawed the
capital punishment according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
It won’t be long, now, before the death penalty is outlawed in all 50
states. | T*********I
发帖数: 10729 | 2 19 states and the District of Columbia have outlawed the
capital punishment according to the Death Penalty Information Center
没有死刑，震慑犯罪方面好人又退让了一大步。
左逼的那些同情心，为什么不放在被害人身上？ | j*****v
发帖数: 7717 | 3 被害人死了，死人不能投票
【在 T*********I 的大作中提到】
: 19 states and the District of Columbia have outlawed the
: capital punishment according to the Death Penalty Information Center
: 没有死刑，震慑犯罪方面好人又退让了一大步。
: 左逼的那些同情心，为什么不放在被害人身上？
| l******t
发帖数: 12659 | | b*****o
发帖数: 6080 | 5 在暴力犯罪率高的国家里大谈废除死刑，等同于和暴力罪犯站一边儿。 | V**3
发帖数: 12756 | 6 I told you, liberals are friends of criminals
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【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: The state supreme court in Connecticut has just decided that the death
: penalty is a violation of the state constitution and has put an end to the
: state’s death row sparing the lives of 11 inmates sentenced to die, reports
: say.
: In a close 4-3 vote the court decided that the death penalty was illegal and
: that decision allowed all inmates sentenced to death before recent
: legislation ending the death penalty to escape their sentence.
: Connecticut Supreme Court Justice Richard Palmer wrote for the majority:
: “Upon careful consideration of the defendant’s claims in light of the
: governing constitutional principles and Connecticut’s unique historical and
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