Hundreds attended the vigil in Middletown for Quentin Williams and remembered the legislator as an advocate for change and a friend to all.
Jaden Edison
Jaden was CT Mirror's justice reporter. He was previously a summer reporting fellow at The Texas Tribune and interned at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies. He received a bachelor's degree in electronic media from Texas State University and a master's degree in investigative journalism from the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism at Columbia University.
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Lamont, General Assembly begin new terms on upbeat notes
CT Democrats have solid majorities and no deep schisms in their caucuses. Rep. Matt Ritter and Sen. Martin Looney were reelected as leaders.
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BEST OF 2022: Connecticut’s first Black chief public defender embraces work ahead
TaShun Bowden-Lewis, who’s wanted to work in public defense since she was a child, has spent her career fighting for clients in Connecticut.
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Jury: DOC officials violated Richard Reynolds’ constitutional rights
The jury found that the CT Department of Correction enforced rules that confined Reynolds to a cell for 22 hours a day, among other things.
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CT DOC chief: Hotel program abuse could lead to criminal charges
Commissioner Angel Quiros said corrections staff who his agency finds abused a COVID hotel program will face criminal charges.
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Funcionarios de CT abusaron del programa de hotel pandémico, según auditoría
Trabajadores penitenciarios mal usaron el programa diseñado para albergarlos en hoteles durante el apogeo de COVID-19, según una investigación.
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CT’s ‘clean slate law’ faces delay, and supporters yearn for answers
Full implementation of the CT law, which will erase misdemeanors and certain felonies from some people’s records, is pushed to late 2023.
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CT corrections officers abused pandemic hotel program, audit says
CT corrections officers used a program meant to shelter them during COVID-19 to book wedding lodging and house their families, an audit says.
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Criminal charges filed against officers in Randy Cox incident
Five New Haven police officers face reckless endangerment and cruelty charges after Randy Cox, a Black man, was paralyzed in a police van.
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CT Supreme Court creates avenue for people to fight high bail
The change could protect people accused of crimes from being incarcerated with bonds they have no chance of being able to pay.
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CT approves early voting ballot question, paving path to new law
The Connecticut General Assembly is free to pass legislation allowing in-person voting now that a ballot question on the issue passed.
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13 questions with CT Attorney General candidates on justice issues
The CT Mirror asked Democrat William Tong, Republican Jessica Kordas, Ken Krayeske, Green Party, and Independent A.P. Pascarella 13 questions.
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La votación anticipada está en la boleta electoral en CT, un tema clave para los residentes Negros y Latinos
Connecticut es uno de los cuatro Estados sin votación anticipada. Pero algunos votantes Negros y Latinos dicen que les ayudaría.
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Early voting is on the ballot in CT, a key issue for Black and Latino residents
Connecticut is one of four states without early voting. But some Black and Latino voters say it would help them cast a ballot.
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New Haven prosecutors dismiss charges against Randy Cox
New Haven prosecutors dropped criminal charges against Randy Cox, a Black man left paralyzed after his calls for help were ignored by police.
