Although she previously opposed repealing the death penalty, something that was , state Sen. Gayle Slossberg, D-, Orange, cast a key vote this month to help .
The Connecticut Post reported that Slossberg said a conversation she had with a man on a train to New York led her to change her mind about the death penalty and vote for repeal.
Slossberg said the conversation led her to consider what kind of society might be left to future generations if people are allowed to think of some other people as less than human.
