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Posted on May 28, 2009 by American Friends Service Committee - CT (AFSC)

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Message*	The movement to abolish Connecticut's death penalty already has advanced further this year than anyone had predicted. The Connecticut Judiciary Committee, House, and Senate all have voted to repeal the state's death penalty. None of this could have happened without thousands of letters, emails, and calls from residents across Connecticut. Now the only step left is to convince Governor Jodi Rell to sign into law the repeal legislation, HB-6578. Though Governor Rell has said that she will veto the bill, there is still time to change her mind before it reaches her desk. Please take a moment to call AND email her office. Here is the phone number and email address, as well as a sample email letter: Phone: 860-566-4840 or 800-406-1527 Email: [email]Governor.Rell@ct.gov[/email] Dear Governor Rell, I am your constituent and strongly urge you to sign into law HB-6578, which proposes to abolish Connecticut's death penalty. The people's elected representatives have clearly spoken ˆ it is time to end Connecticut‚s death penalty. Seeing that the death penalty is irreversibly flawed, bipartisan majorities of the Connecticut House and Senate voted to abolish it. Democrats and Republicans alike recognized that the state‚s system of capital punishment suffers from error, discrimination, waste, and delay. I respectfully ask you to reconsider your stated intention to veto the legislation. Before making a final decision, consult with legal experts and victims‚ families. Ask them if it is possible to have a death penalty that addresses victims‚ families‚ desire for a speedy legal process while still protecting the innocent from execution. What one will find is that capital punishment fails at balancing these two goals. Please sign this legislation and put Connecticut on the right side of history, with the growing number of states and nations that already have abandoned the death penalty. Sincerely, Your Name For more information on the efforts to repeal Connecticut's death penalty, please visit [url]www.cnadp.org[/url]. Thank you to everyone for your help thus far in this campaign. With one more final push, we may succeed in making Connecticut the 16th state to reject capital punishment! [url]http://afscct.c.topica.com/maam7d6abQwAIcexbjReaehnc9/[/url]
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The movement to abolish Connecticut's death penalty already has advanced further this year than anyone had predicted. The Connecticut Judiciary Committee, House, and Senate all have voted to repeal the state's death penalty. None of this could have happened without thousands of letters, emails, and calls from residents across Connecticut. Now the only step left is to convince Governor Jodi Rell to sign into law the repeal legislation, HB-6578.

Though Governor Rell has said that she will veto the bill, there is still time to change her mind before it reaches her desk. Please take a moment to call AND email her office. Here is the phone number and email address, as well as a sample email letter:

Phone: 860-566-4840 or 800-406-1527
Email: Governor.Rell@ct.gov

Dear Governor Rell,

I am your constituent and strongly urge you to sign into law HB-6578, which proposes to abolish Connecticut's death penalty.

The people's elected representatives have clearly spoken ˆ it is time to end Connecticut‚s death penalty. Seeing that the death penalty is irreversibly flawed, bipartisan majorities of the Connecticut House and Senate voted to abolish it. Democrats and Republicans alike recognized that the state‚s system of capital punishment suffers from error, discrimination, waste, and delay.

I respectfully ask you to reconsider your stated intention to veto the legislation. Before making a final decision, consult with legal experts and victims‚ families. Ask them if it is possible to have a death penalty that addresses victims‚ families‚ desire for a speedy legal process while still protecting the innocent from execution. What one will find is that capital punishment fails at balancing these two goals.

Please sign this legislation and put Connecticut on the right side of history, with the growing number of states and nations that already have abandoned the death penalty.

Sincerely,
Your Name

For more information on the efforts to repeal Connecticut's death penalty, please visit www.cnadp.org. Thank you to everyone for your help thus far in this campaign. With one more final push, we may succeed in making Connecticut the 16th state to reject capital punishment!

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