When Kevin Kane became chief state’s attorney in September 2006, his goal was to improve the criminal justice division’s internal systems and procedures. Then Cheshire hit. The brutal suburban murders turned public focus to harsh remedies, such as a mandatory “three-strikes” law that would send repeat violent felons to prison for life.
The proposal has many rabid supporters. Kane, a former New London state’s attorney, is not among them, as he recently told reporters, editors and other members of the Connecticut Council on Freedom of Information. Law Tribune Senior Writer Thomas B. Scheffey took part in the lively question-and-answer session.
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