Discriminatory Amendments Proposed to Connecticut HB 6599: An Act Concerning Discrimination

Irene C. Olszewski, Esq. | April 5, 2011

The Judiciary Committee ran out of time before voting on HB 6599: An Act Concerning Discrimination and is supposed to be voting on it this week. The text of the bill includes gender identity or expression in its anti-discrimination language.
Of great concern are proposed amendments to the Act which would allow a teacher who [...]

The Death Penalty: A Mini History Lesson

Irene C. Olszewski, Esq. | March 12, 2010

After reading a Hartford Courant article about Dr. William Petit’s testimony before the Judiciary Committee on the death penalty, I got to wondering about the history of capital punishment. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, the Code of King Hammaurabi of Babylon codified the death penalty for 25 different crimes as early as [...]