Connecticut House Votes to Repeal Death Penalty

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10. BBC: Connecticut votes to abolish the death penalty

Legislators in the US state of Connecticut have voted to repeal the death penalty for all future cases, after a 10-hour floor debate.

Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy says he will sign the bill, making his state the 17th to end capital punishment.

As expected, state lawmakers voted 86 to 62 for the bill on Wednesday.

Captial punishment repeal proposals are pending in several other states including Kansas and Kentucky.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17692716

From CTPost.com:

Nineteen of the 99-member Democratic caucus, including veteran Rep. Bob Godfrey, D-Danbury, voted against the bill. Eight of the 52 Republicans, including Reps. Michael Molgano of Stamford, T.R. Rowe of Trumbull, Richard Smith of New Fairfield and Lile Gibbons of Greenwich, voted for the repeal.

Sounds like the Democrats voted for the repeal by 80-19, while republicans voted to retain the death penalty by 44-8. Nothing very surprising in those numbers.