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yesterday, dr. petitespite the prospective nature. meaning that the 11 men, currently his tortures among them, would still face execution. capital punishment would only be abolished for those convicted of capital capital offenses in the future. when a jury imposes such a sentence, it's important to carry it out. i doubt that caveat is comforting to dr. petit, especially where they have waived the appeal and asked for it. we, too, have the death penalty in name only since capital punishment was reinstated in the commonwealth back in 1978, only three people have been put to death and, again, they each gave up their appeals. the state's last contested execution was carried out way back in 1962. in the intervening five decades, the justice system has been gradually manipulated into a process that cod dells its worst offenders at the expense of real victims. men like dr. petit lose twice when appeals because the court system will not

dr. petit was among tho those that was against it.ld still face execution. capital punishment is only for those convicted in the future. i happen to think those that killed his family should pay with their lives. i doubt, hover, that caveat is comfortable to dr. petit. by waiving his appeals, that inmate asked for it. that's similar to pennsylvania where we too have the death penalty in name only since capital punishment was reinstated back in 197, only three people have been put to death, and they gave up their appeals. the last contested execution was carried out in 196. in the intervening five decades, the justice system has been manipulated and dodles the worst offenders for real victims. men like dr. petit lose their loved ones, and then the legal issues become a cycle. that is the greatest injustice of all. that's "hardball" for now. thank you for being with us. >>> good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show" from new york. the head of the republican party is calling the war on women fiction? tonight i'll show you the fact

men like dr. petit lose their loved ones,

dr. petit escaped after being bound and beaten. this week he went to the state house to support the death penalty which he believes is justice for his familiar lip >> the people who died and can't speak for themselves. the people who were tortured. the people who were raped, delay do not seem to have a voice. and they seem to have less and less of a voice. >> reporter: on thursday the bill to ban the deathenalty after nearly eleven hours of debate. >> does a moral society execute people? i've come to the conclusion that both the realities of the death penalty, as it is applied, and the moral issues that it raises, dictate that it be abolished. >> reporter: if the bill passes the house the death penalty would be abolished for all future cases, replaced by tougher prison time for heinous crimes. the eleven men on death row right now including the petit killers, would still face execution. some family members of murder victims want to do away with the death penalty. >> the death penalty as so many flaws and as a victim family member i

dr. petit, the sole survivor. a lot of people that think those two murderers should die for what they did. and therein lies the complicated debate over the death penalty. connecticut's senate voted to repeal the death penalty just yesterday. the house is expected to pass it. and governor malloy joins me now, and he vows he'll sign the measure into law. governor, thank you so much for being with me. let's go ahead and start with why repeal the death penalty? >> well, you know, there are any number of reasons, not the least of which is research that demonstrates that many people have been put to death improperly in the united states. and that there are a distinct racial biases in the use of and actual executions. so there are many reasons. listen, the catholic church is against it. the episcopal church is against it. a majority of the major religions represented in the nation are against it as a matter of their public policy and on moral grounds. i'm a former prosecutor. i tried four homicides as a prosecutor and on

the 2000 murders of the petit family and the two men sitting on death row are these guys. dr. m petit was the sole survivor. he's remained a staunch critic of repealing the death penalty. when lay makers made a move three years ago, the previous governor vetoed the bill citing the petit murder. the death penalty repeal being proposed right now would not apply to criminals already sentenced to death. critics are worried the convicted murderers like those two men you saw will try to use it during their appeals. connecticut could join other states, chances are looking pretty good, too, but there's no doubt the debate is far from over. thanks for watching, everyone. cnn "newsroom" continues right now with suzanne malveaux. >>> live from cnn headquarters in atlanta, where it's 12:00 noon, 9:00 a.m. on the west coast, i'm suzanne malveaux. want to get you up to speed for this thursday, april 5th. >>> deadline is just an hour away at the very partisan battle over your health care. republican appointed judge has given the justice department until noon central time to submit a three-pag

dr. william petit saying we believe in the death penalty because we believe it is really the only, true,ust punishment for certain heinous and depraved murders. that is the end of his quote. back in 2007, two men broke into william petit's connecticut home and took everything away from him. severely beating him, brutally murdering his wife and his two daughters and now he is one of the strongest voices against abolishing capital punishment in thinks state. he proposal to repeal the death penalty passed the state senate early this morning. the state's democratic governor says he indeed will sign it. bill: so emotional. a new war of war of words between mitt romney and president obama. romney sharpening his attack accusing the president running a hide-and-seek campaign urging media to look into other matters looking into the president's plans for the country if indeed he wins a second term. >> the candidates have to be candid about their views and their plans. in that regard president obama's comments to president medvedev are deeply troubling. that incident calls his candor into serious q

petition gathering and door knocking. no one got more criticism of this kind than martin luther king, jr. here's one instance. >> but dr.ove the supreme court. equal justice are each of us to decide when it's all right to break a law? we have congress to change a law. we have the courts to interpret the law. are you going beyond them? >> afocus, in hindsight, those who successfully pursued are seen as saints and prophets. but their contemporaries leave them as scone drawls. as if they are seizing for themselves some special right causing conflict. but if there's any one challenge we now face that is screaming out for a mass movement, a sustained, direct, nonviolent action, it is the challenge of climate change. we have tried politics as usual, and it has been a colossal failure. even with the largest majority in both houses, democrats were unable able to get the senate to vote on a climate bill. now, those historic margins are gone. and one entire side of the political spectrum with the conservative movement and the republican party that it controls has made denial a badge of pride and tribal symbol of virtue. any polit

dr. king and the number of civil rights leaders, one after another, some of our giant lawyers down in alabama and mississippi who were there to bond them out, to petition their case. well, in the likes of those, john payton became an unselfish fighter for justice from his, what i call, victory of crosen, it was a victory, he attempted to maintain the affirmative action plan that established the simple process of assisting businesses to receive opportunities. i want you to know today that because of lawsuits like that, we are suffering incy cities all around america. many believed just a smidgen of opportunity was too much. in houston, under the general services administration i hope will be cleaned up, we have a major company using stimulus dollars, having no concern about the in depth participation of diverse work force. let the number go out as a result of what john payton was fighting against and his fight in 2003, the university of michigan affirmative action case that's mane tained today as he defended the use of race in their admission process, again, not using it destructively. enge that's one of the arguments that is not a legal argument but he