Condition Changes For Death Row Inmates

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Former death-row inmates in Connecticut may soon beliving under less restrictive prison conditions than other inmates convicted ofsimilar crimes, legal experts say.
Connecticut’s Supreme Court last month declared capital punishmentunconstitutional in the state, striking down part of a 2012 law that had allowedthe death penalty only for those already facing execution.
That statute replaced what had been known as “capital felony” with a newcrime, “mur