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Capital punishment is illegal in CT. Some lawmakers seek to penalize companies connected to it.

Summary by Hartford Courant
The Connecticut legislature’s Judiciary Committee has voted to advance a proposal that would penalize companies that manufacture and sell drugs or devices that can be used in capital punishment. The legislation initially emerged in response to an episode of John Oliver’s “Last Week Tonight” in April 2024, in which Oliver said he was “pretty sure” that the Hamden-based company Absolute Standards Inc. had provided phenobarbital, a lethal injection…

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Hartford Courant broke the news in Hartford, United States on Thursday, May 15, 2025.
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