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| 1 | 1 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 684 | |
| 2 | 2 | January Session, 2013 LCO No. 918 | |
| 3 | 3 | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
| 4 | 4 | Introduced by: | |
| 5 | 5 | SEN. MARKLEY, 16th Dist. | |
| 6 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 7 | General Assembly | |
| 8 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 9 | Proposed Bill No. 684 | |
| 10 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 11 | January Session, 2013 | |
| 12 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 13 | LCO No. 918 | |
| 14 | 14 | ||
| 15 | 15 | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
| 16 | 16 | ||
| 17 | 17 | Introduced by: | |
| 18 | 18 | ||
| 19 | 19 | SEN. MARKLEY, 16th Dist. | |
| 20 | 20 | ||
| 21 | 21 | AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEATH PENALTY. | |
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| 23 | 23 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
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| 25 | 25 | That chapter 952 of the general statutes be amended to reinstate the crime of capital felony, punishable by death, for any person convicted under section 53a-54b of the general statutes when the forensic and other evidence of the crime presented at trial establishes guilt by absolute certainty, rather than the lower standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt, which evidence may include DNA evidence or other reliable scientific evidence of guilt. | |
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| 27 | 27 | Statement of Purpose: | |
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| 29 | 29 | To allow imposition of the death penalty for eligible crimes when guilt is established with absolute certainty. |