Connecticut · Connecticut General Statutes — Title 54, Criminal Procedure

Conn. Gen. Stat. (Title 54) § 54-83: Testimony in case where crime is punishable by death or life imprisonment without possibility of release

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What this law says, in plain English

This statute establishes a procedural evidentiary requirement: no person may be convicted of a capital crime or life imprisonment without possibility of release without testimony from at least two witnesses or its equivalent.

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