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Conn. may isolate prisoners if death penalty ended

By Shannon Young

 |  Associated Press  

  March 15, 2012

Some lawmakers who oppose efforts to repeal Connecticut’s death penalty say that any measure to end it should also ensure that inmates who would have been destined for death row are segregated from the general prison population if it passes. Enfield state Senator John Kissel, ranking member of the General Assembly’s Judiciary Committee, discussed potential compromises to the legislation at the bill’s Wednesday public hearing.

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