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CT SB00280

CT SB00280
An Act Revising The Penalty For Capital Felonies.

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Introduced
In Committee
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
04/25/2012

Introduced Session

2012 General Assembly

Bill Summary

To replace the death penalty with a penalty of life imprisonment without the possibility of release for certain murders committed on or after the effective date of this act.

AI Summary

This bill, titled "An Act Revising The Penalty For Capital Felonies," proposes to replace the death penalty with life imprisonment without the possibility of release for certain murders committed on or after its effective date. Specifically, it redefines "capital felony" as "murder with special circumstances" and mandates a sentence of life imprisonment without release for this crime. The bill also makes numerous conforming changes to existing statutes to reflect this shift, impacting areas such as sentencing guidelines, the definition of life imprisonment, court procedures for capital cases, and the classification of offenses. For crimes committed before the bill's effective date, the death penalty may still apply under the old laws, but for those committed on or after, life imprisonment without release becomes the mandatory penalty for murder with special circumstances.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (35)

James Albis (D)*,  Stephen Cassano (D)*,  Pat Dillon (D)*,  Kim Fawcett (D)*,  John Fonfara (D)*,  Gerald Fox (D)*,  Theresa Gerratana (D)*,  Ed Gomes (D)*,  Gregg Haddad (D)*,  Marie Kirkley-Bey (D)*,  Roland Lemar (D)*,  Martin Looney (D)*,  Geoff Luxenberg (D)*,  Pat Miller (D)*,  Bruce Morris (D)*,  Elizabeth Ritter (D)*,  Jason Rojas (D)*,  Kelvin Roldan (D)*,  Ezequiel Santiago (D)*,  Charlie Stallworth (D)*,  Joe Taborsak (D)*,  John Thompson (D)*,  Toni Walker (D)*,  Juan Candelaria (D),  Charles Clemons (D),  Mae Flexer (D),  Minnie Gonzalez (D),  Matt Lesser (D),  Christopher Lyddy (D),  Michael Molgano (R),  Hector Robles (D),  Bobby Sanchez (D),  Patricia Widlitz (D),  Gary Winfield (D),  Elissa Wright (D), 

Other Sponsors (1)

Judiciary Committee (Joint)

Last Action

Signed by the Governor (on 04/25/2012)

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State Bill Page http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=SB00280&which_year=2012
Vote http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/VOTE/S/2012SV-00069-R00SB00280-SV.htm
Vote http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/VOTE/S/2012SV-00070-R00SB00280-SV.htm
Vote http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/VOTE/S/2012SV-00071-R00SB00280-SV.htm
Vote http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/VOTE/S/2012SV-00072-R00SB00280-SV.htm
Vote http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/VOTE/S/2012SV-00073-R00SB00280-SV.htm
Vote http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/VOTE/S/2012SV-00074-R00SB00280-SV.htm
Vote http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/VOTE/S/2012SV-00075-R00SB00280-SV.htm
Vote http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/VOTE/S/2012SV-00076-R00SB00280-SV.htm
Vote http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/VOTE/H/2012HV-00050-R00SB00280-HV.htm
Vote http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/VOTE/H/2012HV-00051-R00SB00280-HV.htm
Vote http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/VOTE/H/2012HV-00052-R00SB00280-HV.htm
Vote http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/VOTE/H/2012HV-00053-R00SB00280-HV.htm
Vote http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/VOTE/H/2012HV-00054-R00SB00280-HV.htm
Vote http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/VOTE/H/2012HV-00055-R00SB00280-HV.htm
Vote http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/VOTE/H/2012HV-00056-R00SB00280-HV.htm
Vote http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/VOTE/H/2012HV-00057-R00SB00280-HV.htm
Vote http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/VOTE/H/2012HV-00058-R00SB00280-HV.htm
Vote http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/VOTE/H/2012HV-00059-R00SB00280-HV.htm
Vote http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/VOTE/H/2012HV-00060-R00SB00280-HV.htm
Vote http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/VOTE/H/2012HV-00061-R00SB00280-HV.htm
Vote http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/VOTE/S/2012SV-00068-R00SB00280-SV.htm
R01 ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2012/tob/s/2012SB-00280-R01-SB.htm
Bill ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2012/tob/s/2012SB-00280-R00-SB.htm
Bill Analysis for File Copy 111 http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/BA/2012SB-00280-R000111-BA.htm
Fiscal Note for File Copy 111 http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/FN/2012SB-00280-R000111-FN.htm
Bill http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/TOB/s/pdf/2012SB-00280-R00-SB.pdf
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