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Man Kills Masked Teen, Finds It's His Son

Father confronted suspected burglar outside sister's home

(Newser) - A Connecticut man shot dead a masked man he believed was trying to break into his sister's home, only to learn that it was his own 15-year-old son. Police say elementary school teacher Jeffrey Giuliano received a late-night call from his sister, who lived next door, about a possible...

7 Conn. Inmates Fight Death Penalty

Argue that race, geography affected likelihood of death sentence

(Newser) - Seven of Connecticut's 11 death row inmates are suing the state to get their sentences overturned, arguing that race and geographic bias played a part in their criminal prosecution. They claim their penalty was decided in an arbitrary and discriminatory way based on their race and where they were...

Home Invasion Survivor Petit Remarries

Dad who lost entire family in horrific 2007 crime marries Christine Paluf

(Newser) - A Connecticut doctor whose wife and two daughters were killed in a horrific 2007 home invasion and fire has remarried. Dr. William Petit wed 34-year-old photographer Christine Paluf yesterday. About 300 people attended the ceremony in West Hartford and reception in Simsbury, said a friend and family spokesman. Paluf met...

Casino 'Mugger' Was Really Sleepwalking: Lawyer

Says alleged mugger has history of sleepwalking

(Newser) - A man accused of an attempted mugging at a Connecticut casino can't be blamed for his actions, his lawyer says: He was sleepwalking. Winston Riley is accused of trying to rob a woman at knifepoint in a casino elevator. After she pushed him away, he ran for it, but...

Kid, 13, Catches Error at the Met

Museum working to fix Byzantine map

(Newser) - There was a mistake in a map at the Metropolitan Museum of Art—but nobody noticed until 13-year-old Benjamin Lerman Coady visited with his mom. The Connecticut seventh-grader and history buff was checking out a permanent exhibit on the Byzantine Empire when he spotted the problem: A map that purported...

Husband Charged With Murder, 28 Years Later

Elizabeth Heath's body found in a well

(Newser) - A Connecticut man has pleaded not guilty after being charged in his wife's murder of nearly three decades ago. The remains of Elizabeth Heath were discovered two years ago in a well below a barn that once belonged to her husband. John Heath, 68, who used an oxygen tank...

Connecticut Kills Death Penalty

 Connecticut Kills Death Penalty 
Apr 26, 2012 1:53 AM CDT

Connecticut Kills Death Penalty

Law won't affect murderers already on death row

(Newser) - Life without the possibility of parole has replaced lethal injection as the harshest punishment Connecticut's courts can hand down. Gov. Dan Malloy signed a bill to repeal capital punishment, making the state the 17th to do so, and the fifth in the last five years, ABC reports. The new...

Romney Wins Delaware, Gingrich's Last Hope

He sweeps 5 states, stakes claim to GOP nomination

(Newser) - Is tonight the night that knocks out Newt Gingrich once and for all? Mitt Romney has won Delaware, billed as Gingrich's last-gasp chance, as part of a five-state sweep, according to the Wall Street Journal . In addition to Delaware, Romney won Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. He...

Connecticut to Kill the Death Penalty

Senate OKs bill repealing capital punishment

(Newser) - The death penalty is a dead man walking in Connecticut. The state is almost certain to become the 17th one to do away with capital punishment, following a 20-16 vote in the state Senate. That—the 10 hours of debate and the 2:05am vote—was the hard part, explains...

Katharine Hepburn Estate: Yours for $30M

Price of Connecticut mansion has gone up $2M in a year

(Newser) - Katharine Hepburn's former mansion on Long Island Sound in Connecticut has sat on the market for a year at $28 million. It's now available for ... $30 million, reports the Wall Street Journal . The current owners have jacked the price because they're building a fancy new gatehouse. The...

Conn. Police Chief Quits in Profiling Scandal

Leonard Gallo 'did not follow' national rules: state official

(Newser) - The police chief of a Connecticut town has resigned after four officers were indicted by the FBI in a racial-profiling case. East Haven chief Leonard Gallo was an unnamed co-conspirator in the indictment, the Hartford Courant reports. Last week, the governor's criminal policy head condemned Gallo's department for...

In Protest, 2K Tacos Delivered to Connecticut Mayor

Joseph Maturo had quipped about tacos in response to racial scandal

(Newser) - When asked what he would do in response to a racial profiling scandal targeting Latinos in the town of East Haven, Connecticut, Mayor Joseph Maturo quipped that he might eat some tacos , and now he can: More than 2,000 tacos were delivered to the mayor's office yesterday. The...

Mom Who Lost Girls in Fire Attempts Suicide

'Nobody could hold up well,' says relative

(Newser) - The Connecticut executive who lost her parents and three daughters in a devastating Christmas Day fire has tried to commit suicide, according to a relative. Madonna Badger was hospitalized last week, reports the New York Daily News . “She is OK. She is out and somewhere safe,” said the...

Mayor Cracks 'Taco' Joke on Racial Profiling Scandal

Connecticut's Joseph Maturo has apologized

(Newser) - The mayor of East Haven, Connecticut, is not helping his scandal-stricken town. The FBI just charged four of East Haven's police officers with terrorizing Latino residents . When asked by a reporter, hours after the news broke yesterday, what he was doing to assist the Latino community, Mayor Joseph Maturo...

Conn. Cop Crew Terrorized Latinos: FBI

4 officers hit with conspiracy, false arrest, excessive force charges

(Newser) - A crew of Connecticut cops terrorized a Latino community in East Haven by detaining them with little or no reason, then slapping and kicking them in handcuffs, federal prosecutors say. A priest who complained was harassed, and store security videos that captured the cops were destroyed, reports the New York ...

Mom Recalls Her 'Girl Tribe' Lost in Fire

Madonna Badger eulogizes her three daughters

(Newser) - The Connecticut ad executive who lost her three daughters in a Christmas morning fire delivered the eulogy herself today at a packed New York funeral, reports DNA Info . “They were my little girl tribe," said Madonna Badger of Lily, 9, and twins Grace and Sarah, 7. “My...

Fire-Starting Embers Moved to Make Way for Santa

Cruel new detail in Christmas morning fire that killed Madonna Badger's 3 girls

(Newser) - Just when you thought the story of the Connecticut Christmas morning fire couldn't get any worse, the cruelest twist: Two officials told the AP that the smoldering embers believed to have started the fire were removed from the fireplace so that Madonna Badger's three kids wouldn't worry...

Yule Log Embers Linked to Deadly Christmas Inferno

Grandfather nearly saved one sister; they died inches from each other

(Newser) - Embers from a holiday Yule log may have triggered the horrific fire that killed the three young daughters and parents of a Connecticut advertising executive on Christmas Day. Madonna Badger, 47, was up until 3am with her boyfriend, wrapping gifts and making Christmas morning preparations; the two put embers from...

Fashion Exec's Charred House Torn Down

Father who died had just landed job as Saks' Santa Claus

(Newser) - Survivors are trying to pick up the pieces after the furious blaze that engulfed a $1.7 million-dollar Connecticut home yesterday, killing the parents and children of fashion marketing executive Madonna Badger, the New York Post reports. Her father, Lomer Johnson, had just landed his dream holiday-season job—one befitting...

Ad Exec's 3 Daughters Die in Savage Conn. Blaze

'Help me! Help me!' pleaded Madonna Badger

(Newser) - The marketing brain behind Calvin Klein's Marky Mark underwear ads was one of only two survivors who made it out of yesterday's horrific Connecticut home blaze that killed her parents and three young daughters. Madonna Badger, 47, and a male friend escaped the roaring inferno that erupted before...

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