{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-54-99","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-99","heading":"Period within which death penalty inflicted.","body":"Unless a reprieve or stay of execution is granted by competent authority, the penalty of death shall be inflicted within a period of not less than one month nor more than six months after conviction and sentence. All executions of the death penalty shall take place according to the provisions of this section and section 54-100 on the day, or within five days after the day, designated by the judge passing sentence.","path":["TITLE 54. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 961*. TRIAL AND PROCEEDINGS AFTER CONVICTION","PART II. SENTENCING AND APPEAL"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_961.htm#sec_54-99","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:19Z","sha256":"473f8b1259d2417074c0523bec8f2a8317d2b97913ddd9be7be14917eb466508","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-54-98","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-54-100"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}