Bill Text: CT SB00138 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 138 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Repealing The Death Penalty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-14 - Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary [SB00138 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-SB00138-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 138*
*January Session, 2011*		LCO No. 400

Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
SEN. MEYER, 12^th Dist.

AN ACT REPEALING THE DEATH PENALTY.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to eliminate the death penalty as an authorized sentence and make life imprisonment without the possibility of parole the maximum sentence.

Statement of Purpose:

To repeal the death penalty which is not workable or effective.