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| Death penalty studies at odds |
| By Hartford Courant |
| Published: 12/13/2007 |
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CONNECTICUT - A recently released study has found race and geography play a factor in capital punishment in Connecticut, bolstering the claims of seven death row inmates who say the system is both arbitrary and "infected by bias." But the state has shot back with accusations that the public defender's office is purposely withholding a 4-year-old study on the same bias issues because it contradicts the recent one. The potentially dueling studies will be raised among other issues today during a hearing at Northern Correctional Institution where all seven inmates — and their dozen or so lawyers — will be present. Attorneys will argue on a motion by the state to dismiss the inmates' habeas corpus petitions, which are based on the claims of racial and geographical bias. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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