Andrew J. McDonald, a justice on the Connecticut Supreme Court, joined in a 4-3 majority in 2015 to rule that the death penalty violates the state constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
It was a surprising ruling, because it went beyond what the defendant in the case (State v. Santiago) was seeking: He wanted the court to declare that since the state legislature had abolished the death penalty in 2012 for cases after that date, then his own death penalty sentence should be vacated, as well, even though the murder he was convicted for took place in 2000 before the bill was passed.
BOSTON — The Massachusetts State Police has released the names of seven adult male riders arrested Saturday evening, including the identity of a Randolph man shot in the leg, who they say tied up traffic by tearing across the city and onto Interstate 93, forming a convoy of unregistered and uninsured ATVs and motor-bikes.
The "#BikeLife" movement, as it is known on social media, "ain't a crime, it's a way of life," its participants claim, as stated in the description section of this YouTube video from New Haven, Connecticut:
