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By Steve Hall

Hartford Courant reporter Daniela Altimar has posted, "A renewed push to end the death penalty in Connecticut."Emboldened by a series of victories in the legislature earlier this year, a coalition of groups is launching a new campaign against the death penalty in Connecticut.The coalition, which includes religious organizations and civil rights groups, will kick off its campaign with a rally at the Capitol on Sept. 24."We are a diverse coalition of civic organizations, faith communities, and advocacy groups that have come together to achieve our shared goal of abolishing the death penalty in Connecticut,'' Ben Jones, executive director of the Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty, said in a statement heralding the effort...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 21, 2009 (boomark / email).