criminal justice

A Connecticut judge has approved a $9 million settlement between the state and the brother of a man who was abused numerous times at the state’s maximum-security psychiatric hospital, lawyers in the case announced Thursday.

Attorneys representing Infowars host Alex Jones in a lawsuit filed by some Sandy Hook families are asking to be withdrawn from the case.

Connecticut’s two U.S. senators say their Senate colleagues are working over the next two weeks to move on gun violence legislation.

A former Hamden police officer who shot at an unarmed Black man and woman in 2019 — wounding the woman — won’t serve time in prison.

Public Act 22-43, which Gov. Ned Lamont signed into law last Tuesday, takes aim at the recent rise in catalytic converter thefts by establishing new requirements for businesses that purchase these parts.

The state will no longer have the ability to claw back money that formerly incarcerated people win through lawsuits — unless individuals were convicted of “certain serious crimes.”Legislators considered a bill this session that would have eliminated the state’s authority to collect so-called prison debt if formerly incarcerated people came upon a windfall via lottery winnings, inheritance or a lawsuit. But despite receiving a lot of media attention throughout the session, the bill did not get called for a vote in the House or Senate.

The Senate gave final passage Wednesday night to a bill making it easier for people with criminal records to obtain professional licenses in their chosen careers.

Passage gives Republicans and Democrats a talking point on addressing car thefts as November elections loom.

Two years after the federal government accused Springfield police of using violence with impunity, justice department and city officials have agreed on reforms. The deal now goes to a judge for approval.

The American Civil Liberties Union and other advocates on Wednesday rallied in support of legislation aimed at reforming key parts of the criminal justice process.