April 12, 2012
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The Connecticut House has just passed LCO 3121/SB 280, An Act Revising the Penalty for Capital Felonies, with a bi-partisan vote of 86 to 62. The legislation is expected to be signed into law by Governor Dannel P. Malloy. When he does, Connecticut will be the 17th state to have abandoned the death penalty! This victory in Connecticut demonstrates the growing momentum to end capital punishment in the United States. The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty congratulates its Connecticut Affiliate, the Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty, and its allies and partners. This has been a long time coming. Thank you to each and every person who played a role in making this happen, no matter how small.
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If it's left up to each state to decide I can't imagine Texas giving it up.
There must be SOME civilized people still in Texas.
The federal government has capital punishment, as do some states.
Wisconsin doesn't.
I encountered a [former American?] man (mid-sixties) in my last trip to Mexico, who worked for a local bus company. He used to be from Texas but told me he "had retired from the United States" before I even asked, aka he now lives permanently in Mexico. To get that job, my take is that he had to be a Mexican citizen. I guess Texas has a retention problem when it comes to keeping its better citizens (the civilized ones).
How's your garden/back yard? Long time no seen pics.
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