A judicial ruling last week did not overturn Connecticut’s death penalty law or halt anyone’s execution. But it did guarantee that everyone on the state’s death row will have another day in court.
Seven convicted murderers claim that statistics show minority defendants and those tried in certain judicial districts are more likely to face the death penalty. Superior Court Judge Stanley T. Fuger Jr. ruled Feb. 27they can push forward with that legal challenge, describing the case as "unique" in the history of Connecticut’s jurisprudence "and, perhaps, in our nation."
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