Rell pledges to preserve death penalty
Legislation to ban the death penalty in Connecticut has hit a potentially fatal roadblock — the veto pen.
Gov. M. Jodi Rell took the unusual step Friday of threatening to veto the bill before it has even come to her for consideration. In a statement, Rell said she understands both sides of the contentious issue but nevertheless concluded with a terse promise: "I will veto this bill as soon as it hits my desk."
"There are certain crimes so heinous — so fundamentally revolting to our humanity — that the death penalty is warranted," Rell...
I agree with Gov. Rell. There can be changes made
to the laws to grant only a certain amount of time and or numbers of appeals and then no more. There have only been a small amount of killers
that have been proved innocent. There are certain crimes, especially those against children, that only death is appropriate.