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How to File Complaints Against Physicians in Connecticut

The death penalty offers no constructive contribution to society’s efforts to defeat violent crime, and in fact diverts resources and energies from such efforts.

The United Nations General Assembly calls for its members not to carry out executions and to abolish the death penalty.

The majority of the nations in the world have abolished the death penalty, including all the countries in the European Union.

The costs of capital felony cases are significantly higher than the costs of non-capital felony cases. The national average for prosecuting a capital felony case is 38% higher than the cost of life in prison.

The death penalty is not a deterrent to violent crime. The south has the highest execution rate and the highest homicide rate – a rate that has risen as the rates of executions has risen, while in the northeast, the homicide rate is the lowest in the country and there have been no executions. Police officers are no safer in states with the death penalty. Of the 12 states without the death penalty, 10 of those states have homicide rates lower than the national average.

The death penalty has been shown to be racially biased. Furthermore, a person is much more likely to get a death sentence if they murder somebody white.

The death penalty is unevenly applied. Discrepancies in prosecution have led to a disproportionate amount of people being sentenced to death in certain judicial districts.

The death penalty disproportionately affects the poor. 95% of all people on death row cannot afford a private lawyer.

The death penalty is arbitrary and capricious. There is no consistent standard for the application of the death penalty.

The death penalty perpetuates the idea that life is disposable at the hands of our fellow human beings.

The criminal justice system is subject to human fallibility and innocent people have been convicted. Many of the death sentences handed down have resulted in the verdict being overturned. Furthermore, to date, since 1973, 117 people have been released from death row due to improper prosecution or outright innocence. During the same period, nearly 1,000 people have been put to death. This ratio of 1 release from death row for every 9 executions is totally unacceptable.

Execution is irreversible and since the judicial system cannot guarantee ultimate fairness and accuracy in the prosecution of the ultimate punishment, the death penalty must be abolished.

STATE OF CONNECTICUT DEATH PENALTY INFORMATION FACT SHEET

CONNECTICUT STATE LAW CONCERNING THE DEATH PENALTY

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in Connecticut!