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Conn. Prepares For First Execution in 45 Years

HeadlineJan 31, 2005

The state of Connecticut is scheduled tonight to become the first New England state in 45 years to carry out an execution. Confessed killer Michael Ross is scheduled to die at 9 p.m. but his lawyers plan to file last-minute challenges to ask a court to determine if Ross is mentally competent.

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