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The state House of Representatives voted 86-62 Wednesday to repeal the death penalty after a debate that lasted more than nine hours. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy immediately renewed his promise to sign the repeal bill.
The state Senate's momentous vote to repeal the death penalty brings Connecticut to the threshold of ending an inherently flawed form of punishment.
A bill that would have made it a crime to "harass or annoy" people online has failed to make it past the state legislature's Judiciary Committee.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut, is opposing legislation that would make it a crime to "harass or annoy" people via email, Web posts or virtually any other use of a computer or electronic device.
An emotional hearing on legislation to repeal the death penalty began Wednesday morning and continued past midnight at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford.
A federal judge in New Haven has ruled that the Departments of Defense and Veterans' Affairs have failed to respond adequately to a Freedom of Information Act request for records documenting rape, sexual assault, domestic violence and sexual harassment in the military.