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
