On February 29th, the leadership teams of the six religious congregations who sponsor The Collaborative Center for Justice sent a letter (attached to this posting) to the Connecticut General Assembly expressing their support for the bill to abolish the death penalty that will be taken up during this legislative session. death penalty letter
On the 29th the Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty sponsored a press conference at the state Capitol at which they delivered an additional letter supporting the repeal signed by 179 family members of murder victims, including Sister Mary Healy. (You can listen to a portion of Sister Mary’s remarks during the press conference as covered in this Connecticut Public Radio piece: http://wshu.org/news/story.php?ID=9524.) The event was also covered by the Hartford Courant: http://www.courant.com/news/local/statewire/hc-ap-ct-deathpenalty-connfeb29,0,70578.story. 