Posted: April 26th, 2012, 1:15am MSD
[JURIST] Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy [official website] on Wednesday signed legislation [SB 280 materials] to repeal the death penalty [JURIST news archive]. The bill was approved by the House and the Senate [JURIST reports] earlier this month. Upon signing the legislation, Malloy stated [text]:My position on the appropriateness of the death penalty in our criminal justice system evolved over a long period of time. As a young man, I was a death penalty supporter. Then I spent years as a prosecutor and pursued dangerous felons in court, including murderers. In the trenches of a criminal courtroom, I learned firsthand that...