Connecticut Lawmakers Say Death Penalty For Drug Dealers Is ‘Rhetoric,’ Not Solution
"It's eye-catching," Sen.
Trump visited
"We can have all the blue-ribbon committees we want, but if we don't get tough on drug dealers we're wasting our time," he said. "And that toughness includes the death penalty."
Rep.
"That's not the first thing on their list," she said.
Under current law, the death penalty can be applied in relatively few drug cases, said Blumenthal, a former
"The decision will be for a federal judge, and the death penalty in federal court is very sparingly applied," he said. "The drug dealers will never take it seriously unless it's a real threat. The real and effective deterrent is to ... increase apprehension, which involves more resources for law enforcement."
"What difference is that approach?" he asked. "What happened to 'We can't arrest our way out of the problem?'"
Jenkins, whose organization helps train people to use the overdose-reversing drug naloxone, said
A spokesman for Gov.
Since taking office, Malloy has signed a half-dozen pieces of legislation to reduce drug overdoses, ranging from expanding the availability of naloxone to improving the state's prescription monitoring program.
Sen.
"If
Esty and Blumenthal both accused the Trump administration of keeping funds that
"A lot of that money has not made its way out into actually helping people," Esty said. "I want to see that concerted, thoughtful policy that was worked through in a bipartisan way actually be implemented. It is up to the administration to implement that."
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