Connecticut 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05036 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/04/2011

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5036
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 4
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
REP. HOLDER-WINFIELD, 94th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5036 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 4

Referred to Committee on Judiciary 

Introduced by:

REP. HOLDER-WINFIELD, 94th Dist.

AN ACT ABOLISHING THE DEATH PENALTY.

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

That the general statutes be amended 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.

Statement of Purpose: 

To provide for the prospective abolition of the death penalty.