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Dr. Petit weighs in on (CT) death penalty vote
WFSB ^

Posted on 04/04/2012 1:56:55 PM PDT by matt04

As Connecticut state senators gear up to vote on the high-profile death penalty repeal bill, Dr. William Petit said he believes that those who commit the most heinous crimes should be given the ultimate punishment.

"We believe in the death penalty. It's the only just punishment. What about the forgotten people, people tortured? They have no voice," said Petit whose wife and two daughters were murdered in their Cheshire home in 2007.

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In the hours before the afternoon Senate session, Democrats proposed an amendment establishing harsh prison conditions for inmates who would have been candidates for the death penalty - an apparent effort to win over Republicans who have expressed skepticism of the legislation.

The amendment announced by Williams would separate inmate housing, allow only non-contact visitation and mandate cell movement every 90 days to replicate conditions on death row.

"This is a severe and certain punishment. This does almost exactly mirror the conditions for those prisoners on death row," Williams said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: cheshire; connecticut; deathpenalty; malloy; petit
Sadly the libs will find away to try to discredit Dr. Petit and look for social justice for the misunderstood murderers and rapists.
1 posted on 04/04/2012 1:57:14 PM PDT by matt04
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To: matt04

The majority of the comments are pro-death penalty.


2 posted on 04/04/2012 2:00:38 PM PDT by matt04
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To: matt04

God bless Dr. Petit and his family. He should up his practice and leave the forsaken state and libs of CT.


3 posted on 04/04/2012 2:08:26 PM PDT by George from New England
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To: matt04
Millions dead due to LBJs Great Society and other socialist welfare programs
10s of million dead due to the ban on DDT
100s of millions dead due to Communism

The Liberals response: *Yawn*

Someone gets the death penalty after being convicted of killing and raping children then all of a sudden Liberals get all upset

Liberalism truly is a mental disease and Liberals truly are just flat out evil people

4 posted on 04/04/2012 2:14:59 PM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: matt04
I despise the democrat controlled outhouse called Connecticut. It's too bad some of the death-row inmates didn't commit their crimes against the lowlife politicians in this state. They waited like cowards until the Pettit case was finished and out of the news.
5 posted on 04/04/2012 2:22:06 PM PDT by peeps36 (America is being destroyed by filthy traitors in the political establishment)
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To: George from New England

Actually, I think he retired from practice. I read in the months after tragedy, he spent most of his time in bed.
This must be a wonderful woman he married because he is dealing with a lot of emotions i am sure.


6 posted on 04/04/2012 3:43:14 PM PDT by mel (There are only 2 races decent and undecent people)
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