CONNECTICUT (USA): RELL VETOES BILL TO REPEAL DEATH PENALTY
Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell has vetoed legislation that would have abolished the
Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell has vetoed legislation that would have abolished the death penalty. Rell, 63, white, a Republican, said she opposed the bill as it wound through the General Assembly.
She said capital punishment is appropriate for certain heinous crimes. ``We will not tolerate those who have murdered in the most vile, dehumanizing fashion,'' she wrote in a letter to lawmakers.
``We should not, will not, abide those who have killed for the sake of killing (or) those who have taken a precious life and shattered the lives of many more.''
Leaders of the Democrat-controlled General Assembly have said they don't have enough votes -- at least two-thirds of each legislative chamber -- to override Rell's veto. The bill passed the House 90-56 and the Senate 19-17.
She said capital punishment is appropriate for certain heinous crimes. ``We will not tolerate those who have murdered in the most vile, dehumanizing fashion,'' she wrote in a letter to lawmakers.
``We should not, will not, abide those who have killed for the sake of killing (or) those who have taken a precious life and shattered the lives of many more.''
Leaders of the Democrat-controlled General Assembly have said they don't have enough votes -- at least two-thirds of each legislative chamber -- to override Rell's veto. The bill passed the House 90-56 and the Senate 19-17.
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- (Sources: Associated Press, 05/06/2009)