Public safety hearing

Today, the legislature held a public hearing on the "3 strikes" law proposed by Rep. Al Adinolfi and Sen. Sam Caligiuri. Here's an AP excerpt:

The lone survivor of a deadly home invasion in Cheshire in July urged state lawmakers Tuesday to not get caught up in politics as they try to reform the state's criminal justice system.

In a letter submitted to the legislature's Judiciary Committee, Dr. William Petit said the only legitimate focus should be on public safety...

"Those horrible events not only took the lives of my beautiful and wonderful wife and daughters, but they also exposed some glaring defects in our laws and their inability to adequately ensure our public safety," Dr. Petit wrote. "Every resident of Connecticut deserves to have those glaring deficiencies in our public safety laws corrected full and promptly." (by Susan Haigh)

Tim White