HARTFORD, Conn. AP – The state Senate voted Thursday voted to abolish the death penalty in Connecticut, a state that has executed only one prisoner in a half-century and is now on track to join a national trend away from capital punishment.
In an early morning vote that followed more than 10 hours of debate, the Senate approved legislation that would set life imprisonment as the maximum punishment for all future cases. The bill, which has the support of the state’s Democratic governor, now goes to the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives, where it’s expected to win approval.
