Connecticut


State update

Link to Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty

Link to death penalty statute

Link to execution statute

Date death penalty reenacted

October, 1, 1973

Can a defendant get death penalty for a felony in which s/he was not responsible for the murder?

Yes; also for hiring another person to commit murder

How is the sentence determined?

Jury

Location of death row(s)

Somers

Clemency process

State Board of Pardons has exclusive authority to grant clemency

Time of execution (in law and/or by custom)

Not specified

Number of people exonerated from death row since 1973

0

Names of people exonerated from death row since 1973

N/A



Execution Method

Lethal Injection

Total Executions Since State's Reinstatement of the Death Penalty: 1


Contact the SDPAC for Connecticut

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