Bill Text: CT HB05197 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5197 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Restoring The Death Penalty For The Crime Of Murder With Special Circumstances.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-09 - Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary [HB05197 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB05197-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5197*
*January Session, 2015*		LCO No. 284
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. SAMPSON, 80th Dist.

AN ACT RESTORING THE DEATH PENALTY FOR THE CRIME OF MURDER WITH SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

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

That chapter 952 of the general statutes be amended to restore the crime of capital felony, punishable by death, for any person convicted under the provisions of section 53a-54b of the general statutes for a murder committed on or after the effective date of this act.

Statement of Purpose:

To restore the death penalty in Connecticut.