Capital punishment in Connecticut

Capital punishment in Connecticut formerly existed as an available sanction for a criminal defendant upon conviction for the commission of a capital offense. Since the 1976 United States Supreme Court decision in Gregg v. Georgia until Connecticut repealed capital punishment in 2012, Connecticut had only executed one person, Michael Bruce Ross in 2005. Initially, the 2012 law allowed executions to proceed for those still on death row and convicted under the previous law, but on August 13, 2015, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that applying capital punishment only for past cases was unconstitutional.^[1]

^ Sanchez, Ray; Ferrigno, Lorenzo (August 14, 2015). "Connecticut's highest court overturns its death penalty". CNN. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved March 8, 2021.

[1] Sanchez, Ray; Ferrigno, Lorenzo (August 14, 2015). "Connecticut's highest court overturns its death penalty". CNN. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved March 8, 2021.

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