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Lethal Rejection

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That's the title of an article in Connecticut's New Haven Advocate on Wednesday.  It's by Andy Bromage, subtitled, "The financial case for repealing the death penalty."What are the odds Connecticut will abolish the death penalty this year? You would think next to zero.The monsters charged in the Cheshire murders will be stirring up public vengeance with appearances in courtrooms and newspaper headlines, as the state pursues its highest profile capital felony case in years. The sour economy will crowd out lots of other business before the legislature. And public support for capital punishment was still around 60 percent when last polled.But here's one reason this might be the year: the state budget crisis.Opponents fight the death penalty for moral reasons, but some say the recession and Connecticut's $6 billion budget deficit present an opportunity to fight it on financial grounds...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 15, 2009 (boomark / email).