USA - Connecticut. Gov. M. Jodi Rell has vetoed legislation that would have abolished the death penalty

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 Friday. ``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 (see May 13) and the Senate 19-17 (see May 22).