State High Won’t Reconsider Death Penalty Ban

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – The Connecticut Supreme Court has rejected a request by state prosecutors to reconsider its landmark decision that eliminated the death penalty.
Justices turned down the request Thursday.
A bitterly divided court ruled 4-3 in August that the death penalty violates the state constitution and no longer meets society’s evolving standards of decency.
Justices ruled that a 2012 state law abolishing capital punishment for future crimes must be applied to the 11 men o