A poll taken by the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut indicates a strong majority of Connecticut residents support improving prosecutorial transparency in the state.

ACLU-CT's Campaign for Smart Justice commissioned the poll of 621 Connecticut residents on March 28 and 29, to get their impressions of Senate Bill 880, proposed by Gov. Ned Lamont, which would require the Division of Criminal Justice to report and publish data prosecutors' decisions each year.

Of those surveyed, 72 percent of voters, including 78 percent of Democrats, 71 percent of Republicans and 63 percent of Independents, said that increased transparency about prosecutors' decisions would allow the state improve its justice system. And 79 percent said the amount of power prosecutors have is a compelling reason to support such a measure. Two thirds of respondents said racial disparity in the criminal justice system is also a compelling reason to support the bill.