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Connecticut Crime Victims Speak Out for Repeal

By Steve Hall

Today's Hartford Courant reports, "Victims' Family Members Want Capital Punishment Repealed."  It's written by Daniela Altimari. Dozens of murder victims' families have signed a letter calling on lawmakers to repeal the state's death penalty. "In Connecticut, the death penalty is a false promise that goes unfulfilled, leaving victims' families frustrated and angry,'' states the letter signed by 76 mothers, brothers, daughters, and in-laws of murder victims. "And as the state hangs on to this broken system, it wastes millions of dollars that could go toward much needed victims' services.'' And: "The death penalty ensnares people in the criminal justice system where mandatory appeals, constitutional challenges and never-ending media attention result in notoriety for the murderer and years of suffering and uncertainty for the families left behind,'' said Gail Canzano, a psychologist from West Hartford whose brother-in-law was murdered in 1999...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 10, 2011 (boomark / email).