End of the Death Penalty?

Early Friday May 22, 2009 the Connecticut state Senate made a close decision to abolish the death penalty in the State of Connecticut. Eight days after the Connecticut House of Representatives approved the bill by a 90-56 vote, the state Senate 19-17 vote came at 4:11 a.m., after nearly 11 hours of heated debate at the state capital. Now, the bill faces the final decision of Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell. Governor Rell has stated on numerous occasions that she is a strong supporter of capital punishment. Supporter of the abolition claim it as a matter of even being necessary. One criminal has been executed in the State of Connecticut over the last 49 years, serial killer Michael Ross - who insisted on being executed. Only time will tell if this bill will survive, or will be shot down by Governor Rell. Updates will follow.

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