Connecticut Supreme Court Rules Death Penalty Unconstitutional, Bars Execution Of Any Inmate

Courant ^ | 08/13/2015 | Edmund Mahoney

[GIdget2004]

The Connecticut Supreme Court Thursday ruled that the state's death penalty law, as it now stands, is unconstitutional and it barred the execution of the 11 state prison inmates now on death row.

The law in question was enacted in 2012. It barred the "prospective" execution of those convicted of capital offenses after the date of enactment, but permitted the execution of those convicted before.

[MeganC]

Now if they can ban the execution of innocent civilians by murderers that’d be just peachy!

[FlingWingFlyer]

The buffoons in the black burkas are at it again.

[stephenjohnbanker]

“Now if they can ban the execution of innocent civilians by murderers that’d be just peachy!”

Yeah, I’m holding out for this.

[albie]

Abortion is still okie dokey though!!!

[EternalVigilance]

But it’s just fine to kill as many helpless, defenseless babies as they want.

Kill the innocent, spare the guilty.

It’s demonic.

[rjsimmon]

Connecticuts SC is packed with morons. CP is neither cruel, nor unusual especially since the court has not defined “cruel” and “unusual”. If CP is carried out expediently, it is not cruel. If CP is legal elsewhere, it is not unusual.

[FlingWingFlyer]

However, murdering human beings in the womb and then ghoulishly butchering them to sell the meat to zombie freaks is still A OK.

[smokingfrog]

Some people just need killin’...

[Kickass Conservative]

Cruel and Unusual does not mean No Death Penalty.

It just takes out the option of Drawing and Quartering.

[Theodore R.]

Nutmeggers can now sleep at night knowing that justice never sleeps in CT.

[Vigilanteman]

This spares that pair of dirt bags which murdered a whole family and burned their house to try to cover the crime. Somehow, I remember their worthless governor declaring that they wouldn't be exempted the day he called for a moratorium.

If I were the warden, I think I'd let word leak out on exactly when guards would be taking a union mandated break while these dirt-bags were in the yard with the general population.

[Blue Turtle]

Where does this leave Komisarjevsky and Hayes? The two men who invaded a home in Cheshire?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheshire,_Connecticut,_home_invasion_murders

[CGASMIA68]

I am so sorry I moved here in 02.......Parent had cancer it was the right thing t do.Time to GTF OUT

[umgud]

Good thing Adam Lanza already died.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Eventually SCOTUS is going to nix all capital punishment.
To “harmonize” us with Europe. Don’t be surprised when it happens. They opened the door to this when they began using foreign law in their case review.

[Lazamataz]

Connecticut Supreme Court Rules Death Penalty Unconstitutional, Bars Execution Of Any Inmate....

.... Except, Of Course, Anyone Convicted Of Defying The Assault Weapon Ban

[Lazamataz]

Cruel and Unusual does not mean No Death Penalty. It just takes out the option of Drawing and Quartering.

I object to that removal of a viable option.

[Bratch]

And “hate crimes”.

Don’t forget “hate crimes”.

[Sgt_Schultze]

I don’t know about Connecticut’s constitution, but the death penalty is explicitly authorized under the US Constitution.