republicans in the Ct. legislature have proposed a bill that would streamline the death penalty process by limiting appeals. the bill would also allow victim's family members to address the jury before sentencing, instead of after as the process stands now. this past week, Dr. Petit spoke in front of the General Assembly's Judiciary Committee in support of the legislation.
hayes will remain in the observation cell in Mac-Walk infirmary until further notice. (more…)
blogalas poor yorick...March 5, 2010
stacked one on top of the other, steven hayes' parole records are about six inches thick. they weigh as much as a library dictionary. as a body of work, they are the story of recidivist's voyage through the inept world of Connecticut's criminal justice.
for just about all of those years, most of his adult (more…) the lights are on, but nobody's home in connecticut prisonFebruary 25, 2010
what if steven hayes wasn't only thinking about ending it all? what if he figured that though 10 klonopin and 10 doses of thorazine might kill him, chances are it was nothing more than a quick high and a long nap. hayes had plenty of experience taking pills. he was a drug addict for most of (more…)
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