DEATH ROW--death penalty in America

[Jimbone]

this is not clear to me...will they execute those fuckers that killed the Petit family or not?? this is ambiguous.


(CNN) -- Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy signed a bill into law Wednesday that abolishes the death penalty, making his state the 17^th in the nation to abandon capital punishment and the fifth in five years to usher in a repeal.

The law is effective immediately, though prospective in nature, meaning that it would not apply to those already sentenced to death. It replaces the death penalty with life in prison without the possibility of release as the state's highest form of punishment.

more:

http://courantblogs.com/capitol-watch/wi...h-penalty/

This was quite a political dance they did... they waited to repeal the death penalty until after the Petit trial wrapped up, because the population of CT supports the death penalty - especially in the Petit case. So by waiting they allowed those two scumbags to be sentenced to death, then repealed the death penalty moving forward... in other words, everyone on CT's death row technically still has to be put to death. Everyone after the repeal gets a life sentence with no chance for probation.

So once again, the politicians played the public. They made them believe that the Petit murderers would be put to death, and everyone AFTER them will have life sentences.

However, talk to a death penalty lawyer and they will tell you... once a state bans the death penalty, those awaiting death will win in court to have their sentences converted. They will make an equal protection argument, and that will be that.

The 11 who currently sit on death row will still die in prison. They will just die of old age or natural causes.