CAPITAL punishment has been meted out in Connecticut since colonial times, when convicted witches were sentenced to death. In recent years it has been used sparingly . Of the 4,686 murders committed between 1973 and 2007, only 66 led to convictions of a capital felony, according to a 2011 study of capital punishment in Connecticut by John Donohue of Stanford Law School. And only nine of the culprits actually received the death sentence. Indeed, the execution in 2005 of Michael Ross, a serial killer who waived further appeals, was the first since 1960. Eleven people are in various stages of appeal on death row , including two who have been there for two decades. “Keeping it without using it doesn’t make a lot of sense,” notes Richard Dieter, head of the Death Penalty Information Centre.
自從殖民時代宣判有罪的巫婆被處以死刑以來，死刑就存在于康涅狄格州了。近年來，死刑卻很少執行。根據斯坦福法學院的約翰•多諾霍在2001年的研究，1973年到2007年期間的4868起謀殺案中，只有66起定罪為死刑。而且僅有9位罪犯真正的處以死刑。事實上，連環殺人案兇手邁克爾•羅斯放棄上訴，于2005年執行死刑，這是1960年以來首例死刑案例。死囚區中有11人在不同的上訴階段，其中包括兩位上訴二十年的囚犯。死刑信息中心主任理查德•迪特指出“保留死刑卻不執行并沒有多大意義”
Connecticut lawmakers agree, including some Republicans. Earlier this month the state’s two legislative chambers voted to repeal capital punishment. Dannel Malloy, the governor, has pledged to sign the bill when it reaches his desk, perhaps as soon as next week. But Arthur O’Neill, a Republican state legislator, wants to put the matter to the people and has asked the governor to schedule a referendum.
康涅狄格州的立法者同意這一觀點，包括一些共和黨人。本月早些時候，該州參眾兩院投票廢除死刑。州長丹儂•馬洛伊承諾當法案到他的案頭時，他就會簽署的，也許最快就在下周了。但是共和黨議員阿瑟•歐尼爾希望將這個問題交予民眾決定，并建議州長安排一次全民公投。
He points to polls which indicate that a majority of voters in Connecticut, a Democratic state, support the death penalty. This is partly because of the notorious “Cheshire murders” case of 2007, which is still on the public’s mind. A mother and her daughters, aged 17 and 11, were murdered at their home. The mother was raped; the younger daughter was sexually assaulted. The invaders, Steven Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky, both out on parole, then set the house on fire. Hayes was sentenced to death in December 2010. Komisarjevsky, his accomplice, was sentenced to death in January. Both are still alive.
他提出調查顯示民主州康涅狄格州的多數選民支持死刑。這部分原因是因為2007年臭名昭著的柴郡謀殺案仍然留在人們的記憶里。一位母親和她17歲和11歲的女兒在家被謀殺。母親被強奸，年輕一點的女兒被性侵。嫌疑犯斯蒂文•海斯和約書亞•科米薩耶夫斯基當時都身處假釋，他們縱火燒了那座房子。哈斯于2010年12月判處死刑，幫兇科米薩耶夫斯基于一月判處死刑，但兩人都沒有執行死刑。
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