Gov. Lamont and police hail controversial youth crime law
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Gov. Ned Lamont joined police leaders Tuesday to hail a controversial new youth crime law. Although it passed by a wide margin, the law is a compromise few are completely happy with.
Juvenile justice groups, like CTJA blasted the new law – and Lamont’s support for it.
“Any bill that supposedly looks to address crime is just an election-year ploy that only serves to lock up Connecticut’s children, especially those that are Black and Brown," said Iliana Pujols, policy director for the Connecticut Justice Alliance. “Several law enforcement officials at Gov. Lamont’s press conference today remarked that car thefts are on the decline. The passage of the bill touted by the governor and others had no impact on those declining numbers.”
