Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy signed a bill into law Wednesday that abolishes the death penalty, making his state the 17th 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.
"Although it is an historic moment - Connecticut joins 16 other states and the rest of the industrialized world by taking this action - it is a moment for sober reflection, not celebration," Malloy (pictured) said in a statement.
I do not think that this is a moment for celebration at all.
There are appropriate times for the death penalty.
I know almost every argument that will be raised on each side of this argument. I prefer to live in a state that has and uses a death penalty.
Death penalty is retribution. Exists for no other reason.
Life with no possibility of parole is a far better option in keeping with a modern society.
Citizen,
The victims of Murders are worm food and the Murder get to breath,3 meals a day,cable TV,
That's fine. Retribution will do.
Retributive justice functions where restorative justice is impossible.
I disagree that retribution is the only purpose served by a properly used death penalty.
It is no deterrent.
The death penalty would deter me.
Your c/p tactic is juvenile, belying any belief that you could possibly understand what 'intelligent discourse' actually is.
Grow up.
@ the person who wrote the 9:43 PM banasy© post, even if banasy:
Your nicely composed sentence is irrational.
Thank you, JIF.
That was in reply to a post made by a hijacker that has since been deleted, I am sure, before you posted.
I am sure she appreciates you stamp of approval that the sentence was nicely composed.