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As execution looms, eastern Connecticut remembers years of terror
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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Despite such notoriety, there has been little to no legislative debate on the subject at the state Capitol, where lawmakers could vote to change the state's capital punishment law and possibly save serial killer Michael Ross' life in the process. (article 3)
In fact, weeks before the execution, many of the death penalty opponents within the Democratic-controlled legislature had given up on the idea of passing a bill before Ross' execution . (article 3)
For two years, as young women disappeared then turned up dead, Ross terrorized the small rural towns of eastern Connecticut. (article 5)
Ross has admitted killing eight women in Connecticut and New York during the 1980s and raping most of his victims. (article 4)
The outcome rests neither with the families of the victims and other death penalty supporters who have waited 21 years for Ross's death , nor with foes of capital punishment who have worked frantically to prevent it. (article 1)
The drama that precedes executions in the United States usually involves head-to-head combat between supporters and opponents, as appeals make their way through the courts. (article 1)
Michael Malchik , a retired state police detective who investigated the murder, said he knew at that moment the killer lived in the area. (article 6)
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Story keywords
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Ross, Paulding, execution, Connecticut, Death |
Source articles
- Days before execution, killer controls fate (boston.com, 01/23/2005, 449 words)
- Timeline of Ross' crimes and convictions (boston.com, 01/23/2005, 790 words)
- Death penalty foes mostly quiet at Capitol (boston.com, 01/23/2005, 474 words)
- If Ross' lawyer wins, his client dies (boston.com, 01/23/2005, 785 words)
- As execution looms, eastern Connecticut remembers years of terror (boston.com, 01/23/2005, 472 words)
- Witnesses to teen's abduction were Ross' undoing (boston.com, 01/23/2005, 271 words)
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