Ross Victim Opposes Death Penalty
by TChris
A bill that would have replaced Connecticut's death penalty with life imprisonment was defeated in the state's House of Representatives yesterday by a vote of 89-60. The bill would have spared serial killer Michael Ross (TalkLeft background here, here, and here) from execution. One of the persons speaking in favor of the bill was a woman Ross raped in 1983.
"I'm not a killer. I couldn't do it," Vivian Dobson said through tears. "I'm so sorry to the parents [of the murder victims] because I lived and their babies died. And I can't change that. But I don't want to be a part of killing somebody else."
"For 18 years, I've been hiding my feelings and holding in my feelings to help those poor girls that he took away from everybody. And I can't. I can't. I can't do it," said Dobson, who escaped after pulling a knife on him. "I've been carrying guilt because now his blood's going to be on my hands, too. And I can't do it. That's not me."
The execution is scheduled for May 11.
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