The 184th General Court

2005-2006 Massachusetts House of Representatives
Positions on the death penalty

Last updated February 8, 2006
Click on headers to sort by column. Depending on your computer speed/memory, it may take a while to sort.
Representative Party District DP Position
For reinstatement?
54 Y / 106 N		 Vote on
11/15/05
53 Y / 100 N		 Vote on
3/12/01
60 Y / 94 N		 Vote on
3/29/99
73 Y / 80 N		 Vote on
11/6/97
80 Y / 80 N		 Comments
Turner, Cleon D 1st Barnstable N N        
Atsalis, Demetrius D 2nd Barnstable Y Y Y Y    
Patrick, Matthew D 3rd Barnstable N N N      
Gomes, Shirley R 4th Barnstable N N N N N  
Perry, Jeffrey R 5th Barnstable Y Y        
Turkington, Eric D Barnstable, Dukes
& Nantucket		 N N N N N  
Bosley, Daniel D 1st Berkshire N N   N N Did not vote on 3/12/01.
Guyer, Denis D 2nd Berkshire N N        
Speranzo, Christopher D 3rd Berkshire N N       Rep. Peter Larkin resigned from the House in January. A special election was held April 12, 2005.
Pignatelli, William "Smitty" D 4th Berkshire N N        
Coppola, Ginny R 1st Bristol Y         Rep. Michael Coppola died on August 26, 2005. A special election was held Feb. 7, 2006.
Lepper, John R 2nd Bristol Y Y Y Y Y  
Fagan, James D 3rd Bristol N N N N N  
Travis, Phillip D 4th Bristol Y Y Y Y Y  
Haddad, Patricia D 5th Bristol N N N      
Sullivan, David D 6th Bristol Y Y Y Y Y  
Correia, Robert D 7th Bristol N   N Y Y Did not vote on 11/15/05 due to illness.
Rodrigues, Michael D 8th Bristol Y Y Y Y Y  
Quinn, John D 9th Bristol N N N N N  
Straus, William D 10th Bristol N N N N N  
Koczera, Robert D 11th Bristol Y Y Y Y Y  
Canessa, Stephen D 12th Bristol N N        
Cabral, Antonio D 13th Bristol N N N N N  
Poirier, Elizabeth R 14th Bristol Y Y Y      
Costello, Michael D 1st Essex N N       Member of the Judiciary Committee
Stanley, Harriet D 2nd Essex Y Y Y Y Y  
Dempsey, Brian D 3rd Essex Y Y Y Y Y Voted "N" in 1995.
Hill, Bradford R 4th Essex Y Y Y Y    
Verga, Anthony D 5th Essex N N N N N  
Grant, Mary D 6th Essex N N        
Keenan, John D 7th Essex N N       Member of the Judiciary Committee
Petersen, Douglas D 8th Essex N N N N N  
Falzone, Mark D 9th Essex N N N      
Fennell, Robert D 10th Essex Y Y Y Y Y Voted "N" in 1995.
Walsh, Steven D 11th Essex N N        
Spiliotis, Joyce D 12th Essex Y Y        
Speliotis, Theodore D 13th Essex N N N N N  
Torrisi, David D 14th Essex N N N N    
Broadhurst, Arthur D 15th Essex N N N N N  
Lantigua, William D 16th Essex N N        
Finegold, Barry D 17th Essex N N N N N  
L'Italien, Barbara D 18th Essex N N        
Kulik Stephen D 1st Franklin N N N N N  
Donelan, Christopher D 2nd Franklin N N        
Smola, Todd R 1st Hampden Y Y        
Rogeness, Mary R 2nd Hampden Y Y Y Y Y  
Keenan, Daniel D 3rd Hampden Y Y Y Y    
Humason, Donald R 4th Hampden Y Y        
Kane, Michael D 5th Hampden N N N      
Welch, James D 6th Hampden N N        
Petrolati, Thomas D 7th Hampden Y Y Y Y Y  
Wagner, Joseph D 8th Hampden Y Y Y Y Y  
Curran, Sean D 9th Hampden N N        
Rivera, Cheryl D 10th Hampden N N N N    
Swan, Benjamin D 11th Hampden N N N N N  
Candaras, Gale D 12th Hampden N N     N  
Kocot, Peter D 1st Hampshire N N        
Scibak, John D 2nd Hampshire N N        
Story, Ellen D 3rd Hampshire N N N N N  
Hargraves, Robert R 1st Middlesex Y Y Y Y Y  
Hall, Geoffrey D 2nd Middlesex Y Y Y Y Y Voted "N" in 1995.
Walrath, Patricia D 3rd Middlesex N N N N N  
LeDuc, Stephen D 4th Middlesex N N N N N  
Linsky, David D 5th Middlesex N N N      
Blumer, Deborah D 6th Middlesex N N N      
Sannicandro, Tom D 7th Middlesex N N        
LoScocco, Paul R 8th Middlesex N N N      
Stanley, Thomas D 9th Middlesex N N N      
Koutoujian, Peter D 10th Middlesex N N N N N  
Khan, Kay D 11th Middlesex N N N N N Member of the Judiciary Committee
Balser, Ruth D 12th Middlesex N N N N    
Pope, Susan R 13th Middlesex Y Y Y Y Y  
Atkins, Cory D 14th Middlesex N N N      
Kaufman, Jay D 15th Middlesex N N N N N  
Golden, Thomas D 16th Middlesex Y Y Y Y Y  
Nangle, David D 17th Middlesex Y Y Y Y    
Murphy, Kevin D 18th Middlesex Y Y Y Y Y  
Miceli, James D 19th Middlesex Y Y Y Y Y  
Jones, Bradley R 20th Middlesex Y Y Y Y Y  
Murphy, Charles D 21st Middlesex N N N N N Member of the Judiciary Committee
Greene, William D 22nd Middlesex Y Y Y Y Y  
Marzilli, Jim D 23rd Middlesex N N N N N  
Paulsen, Anne D 24th Middlesex N N N N N  
Wolf, Alice D 25th Middlesex N N N N N position statement
Toomey, Timothy D 26th Middlesex N N Y Y Y Voted "N" in 1995.
Provost, Denise D 27th Middlesex N         Rep. Patricia Jehlen resigned on October 12, 2005 to serve as State Senator. A special election was held Feb. 7, 2006.
Connolly, Edward D 28th Middlesex Y Y Y Y Y  
Kaprielian, Rachel D 29nd Middlesex N N N N N  
Natale, Patrick D 30th Middlesex Y Y        
Casey, Paul D 31st Middlesex N N N N N  
Festa, Michael D 32nd Middlesex N N N N   position statement
Fallon, Christopher D 33rd Middlesex N N Y Y Y  
Sciortino, Carl D 34th Middlesex N N        
Donato, Paul D 35th Middlesex N N N      
Garry, Colleen D 36th Middlesex N N N Y Y  
Eldridge, James D 37th Middlesex N N        
Ayers, Bruce D 1st Norfolk Y Y Y Y    
Tobin, A. Stephen D 2nd Norfolk Y Y Y Y Y  
Mariano, Ronald D 3rd Norfolk Y Y Y Y Y  
Murphy, James D 4th Norfolk N N       Member of the Judiciary Committee
Driscoll, Joseph D 5th Norfolk N N        
Galvin, William D 6th Norfolk Y Y Y Y Y Voted "N" in 1995.
Timilty, Walter D 7th Norfolk Y Y Y Y    
Kafka, Louis D 8th Norfolk N N N N N  
Ross, Richard R 9th Norfolk Y Y        
Vallee, James D 10th Norfolk Y Y Y Y Y  
Coughlin, Robert D 11th Norfolk N N        
Rogers, John D 12th Norfolk N N N N N  
Harkins, Lida D 13th Norfolk N N N N N  
Peisch, Alice D 14th Norfolk N N       Member of the Judiciary Committee
Smizik, Frank D 15th Norfolk N N N     position statement
deMacedo, Vinny R 1st Plymouth Y Y Y Y    
Gifford, Susan R 2nd Plymouth Y Y        
Bradley, Garrett D 3rd Plymouth N N N     House Vice-Chair of the Judiciary Committee
Hynes, Frank D 4th Plymouth N N N N N  
Nyman, Robert D 5th Plymouth Y Y Y Y    
Webster, Daniel R 6th Plymouth Y Y       Member of the Judiciary Committee
Teahan, Kathleen D 7th Plymouth N N N N N  
Flynn, David D 8th Plymouth N N N Y    
Kennedy, Thomas D 9th Plymouth N   N N N Did not vote on 11/15/05 due to illness.
Canavan, Christine D 10th Plymouth Y Y Y Y Y  
Creedon, Geraldine D 11th Plymouth N N   N N Did not vote on 3/12/01.
O'Brien, Thomas D 12th Plymouth Y Y Y Y Y  
Petruccelli, Anthony D 1st Suffolk N N Y      
O'Flaherty, Gene D 2nd Suffolk N N N N N House Chair of the Judiciary Committee
DiMasi, Salvatore D 3rd Suffolk N N N N N House Majority Leader and Speaker of the House
Wallace, Brian D 4th Suffolk N N        
St. Fleur, Marie D 5th Suffolk N N N      
Owens-Hicks, Shirley D 6th Suffolk N N N N N  
Fox, Gloria D 7th Suffolk N N N N N  
Walz, Marty D 8th Suffolk N N        
Rushing, Byron D 9th Suffolk N N N N N position statement
Rush, Michael D 10th Suffolk N N        
Malia, Elizabeth D 11th Suffolk N N N N    
Forry, Linda D 12th Suffolk N N       Rep. Thomas Finneran resigned his seat in December. A special election was held April 12, 2005.
Walsh, Martin D 13th Suffolk N N N N N  
Scaccia, Angelo D 14th Suffolk N N N N N  
Sanchez, Jeffrey D 15th Suffolk N N        
Reinstein, Kathi-Anne D 16th Suffolk N P N N   Voted "present" on 11/15/05.
Honan, Kevin D 17th Suffolk N N N N N  
Moran, Michael D 18th Suffolk N N       Rep. Brian Golden resigned to accept a Commission appointment in December. A special election was held April 12, 2005.
DeLeo, Robert D 19th Suffolk Y Y Y Y Y  
Evangelidis, Lewis R 1st Worcester Y Y       Member of the Judiciary Committee
Rice, Robert D 2nd Worcester N         Rep. Brian Knuuttila resigned on October 23, 2005 to accept a job as counsel for the Worcester County Jail and House of Correction. A special election was held Feb. 7, 2006.
Goguen, Emile D 3rd Worcester N N N N N  
Flanagan, Jennifer D 4th Worcester Y Y        
Gobi, Anne D 5th Worcester N N        
Carron, Mark D 6th Worcester N N N      
Frost, Paul R 7th Worcester Y Y Y Y Y  
Kujawski, Paul D 8th Worcester Y Y Y Y Y  
Peterson, George R 9th Worcester Y Y Y Y Y  
Parente, Marie D 10th Worcester Y Y   Y Y Did not vote on 3/12/01.
Polito, Karyn R 11th Worcester Y Y Y      
Naughton, Harold D 12th Worcester N   N N Y Did not vote on 11/15/05 due to military service.
Spellane, Robert D 13th Worcester N N N      
Leary, James D 14th Worcester N N N     Member of the Judiciary Committee
Pedone, Vincent D 15th Worcester N N Y Y Y  
Fresolo, John D 16th Worcester Y Y Y Y    
Binienda, John D 17th Worcester Y Y Y Y Y  
Callahan, Jennifer D 18th Worcester N N        
Table sorting routine courtesy of   brainjar.com