The 182nd General Court
2001-2002 Massachusetts House of Representatives
Positions on reinstatement of the death penalty

Last updated September 11, 2002

 

Name Party District DP Position
For reinstatement?
60 Y / 98 N
2 vacancies
Vote on
3/12/01

60 Y / 94 N
Vote on
3/29/99

73 Y / 80 N
Comments
George, Thomas R 1st Barnstable Y Y Y  
Atsalis, Demetrius D 2nd Barnstable Y Y Y  
Patrick, Matthew D 3rd Barnstable N N    
Gomes, Shirley R 4th Barnstable N N N  
Turkington, Eric D Barnstable, Dukes
& Nantucket
N N N  
Bosley, Daniel D 1st Berkshire N   N Did not vote on 3/12/01.
Kelly, Shaun R 2nd Berkshire N N    
Larkin, Peter D 3rd Berkshire N N N  
Hodgkins, Christopher D 4th Berkshire N N N  
Coppola, Michael R 1st Bristol Y Y    
Lepper, John R 2nd Bristol Y Y Y  
Fagan, James D 3rd Bristol N N N  
Travis, Phillip D 4th Bristol Y Y Y  
Haddad, Patricia D 5th Bristol N N    
Sullivan, David D 6th Bristol Y Y Y  
Correia, Robert D 7th Bristol N N Y  
Rodrigues, Michael D 8th Bristol Y Y Y  
Quinn, John D 9th Bristol N N N  
Straus, William D 10th Bristol N N N  
Koczera, Robert D 11th Bristol Y Y Y  
Rogers, George D 12th Bristol N   N Did not vote on 3/12/01.
Cabral, Antonio D 13th Bristol N N N  
Poirier, Elizabeth R 14th Bristol Y Y    
Tirone, Paul D 1st Essex N N    
Stanley, Harriet D 2nd Essex Y Y Y  
Dempsey, Brian D 3rd Essex Y Y Y Voted "N" in 1995, "Y" in 1997.
Hill, Bradford R 4th Essex Y Y Y  
Verga, Anthony D 5th Essex N N N  
Cahill, Michael D 6th Essex N N N  
Ruane, J. Michael D 7th Essex Y Y Y  
Petersen, Douglas D 8th Essex N N N  
Falzone, Mark D 9th Essex N N    
Fennell, Robert D 10th Essex Y Y Y Voted "N" in 1995, "Y" in 1997.
vacant   11th Essex       Rep. Thomas McGee, death penalty opponent, moved over to the 1st Essex Senate seat May 1, 2002.
Slattery, John D 12th Essex N N N Changed vote from "Y" to "N" in 1997.
Speliotis, Theodore D 13th Essex N N N  
Torrisi, David D 14th Essex N N N  
Broadhurst, Arthur D 15th Essex N N N  
Santiago, Jose D 16th Essex N N N  
Finegold, Barry D 17th Essex N N N  
Kulik Stephen D 1st Franklin N N N  
Merrigan, John D 2nd Franklin N N N  
Hillman, Reed R 1st Hampden Y Y   Committee on Criminal Justice
Rogeness, Mary R 2nd Hampden Y Y Y  
Keenan, Daniel D 3rd Hampden Y Y Y  
Hahn, Cele R 4th Hampden Y Y Y  
Kane, Michael D 5th Hampden N N    
Buoniconti, Stephen D 6th Hampden N N   Committee on Criminal Justice
Petrolati, Thomas D 7th Hampden Y Y Y  
Wagner, Joseph D 8th Hampden Y Y Y  
Asselin, Christopher D 9th Hampden N N    
Rivera, Cheryl D 10th Hampden N N N  
Caron, Paul D 11th Hampden N N N  
Swan, Benjamin D 12th Hampden N N N  
Candaras, Gale D 13th Hampden N N N  
Kocot, Peter D 1st Hampshire N     Majority leader and strong death penalty oppponent William Nagle resigned from the House in May, 2001. Nagle's longtime aide, Peter Kocot, won the special election held April 9, 2002.
Flavin, Nancy D 2nd Hampshire N N Y Voted "N" in 1995, "Y" in 1997.
Story, Ellen D 3rd Hampshire N N N  
Hargraves, Robert R 1st Middlesex Y Y Y  
Hall, Geoffrey D 2nd Middlesex Y Y Y Voted "N" in 1995, "Y" in 1997.
Walrath, Patricia D 3rd Middlesex N N N  
LeDuc, Stephen D 4th Middlesex N N N  
Linsky, David D 5th Middlesex N N   Committee on Criminal Justice
Blumer, Deborah D 6th Middlesex N N    
Spilka, Karen D 7th Middlesex N     Rep. John Stefanini resigned his seat in April 2001. He had consistently voted "N". Karen Spilka won the special election held October 23, 2001.
LoScocco, Paul R 8th Middlesex N N    
Stanley, Thomas D 9th Middlesex N N    
Koutoujian, Peter D 10th Middlesex N N N  
Balser, Ruth D 11th Middlesex N N N  
Khan, Kay D 12th Middlesex N N N  
Pope, Susan R 13th Middlesex Y Y Y  
Atkins, Cory D 14th Middlesex N N    
Kaufman, Jay D 15th Middlesex N N N  
Cleven, Carol R 16th Middlesex N N N  
Golden, Thomas D 17th Middlesex Y Y Y  
Nangle, David D 18th Middlesex Y Y Y  
Murphy, Kevin D 19th Middlesex Y Y Y  
Miceli, James D 20th Middlesex Y Y Y  
Jones, Bradley R 21st Middlesex Y Y Y  
Cresta, Brian R 22nd Middlesex Y Y Y  
Murphy, Charles D 23rd Middlesex N N N Committee on Criminal Justice
Greene, William D 24th Middlesex Y Y Y  
Marzilli, Jim D 25th Middlesex N N N  
Paulsen, Anne D 26th Middlesex N N N Committee on Criminal Justice
Wolf, Alice D 27th Middlesex N N N  
Barrios, Jarrett D 28th Middlesex N N N  
Toomey, Timothy D 29th Middlesex Y Y Y Voted "N" in 1995, "Y" in 1997.
Jehlen, Patricia D 30th Middlesex N N N  
Connolly, Edward D 31st Middlesex Y Y Y  
Kaprielian, Rachel D 32nd Middlesex N N N  
Donovan, Carol D 33rd Middlesex N N N  
Casey, Paul D 34th Middlesex N N N  
Festa, Michael D 35th Middlesex N N N Committee on Criminal Justice
Fallon, Christopher D 36th Middlesex Y Y Y  
Ciampa, Vincent D 37th Middlesex Y Y Y  
Donato, Paul D 38th Middlesex N N    
Garry, Colleen D 39th Middlesex N N Y Committee on Criminal Justice
Ayers, Bruce D 1st Norfolk Y Y Y  
Tobin, A. Stephen D 2nd Norfolk Y Y Y House Chair, Committee on Criminal Justice
Mariano, Ronald D 3rd Norfolk Y Y Y  
Murphy, James D 4th Norfolk N     Rep. Paul Haley resigned his seat at the beginning of this session. He had been a strong pro-death penalty advocate. James Murphy was elected in a special election May 22, 2001.
Sullivan, Joseph D 5th Norfolk Y Y Y  
Galvin, William D 6th Norfolk Y Y Y Voted "N" in 1995, "Y" in 1997.
Timilty, Walter D 7th Norfolk Y Y Y Committee on Criminal Justice
Kafka, Louis D 8th Norfolk N N N  
Brown, Scott R 9th Norfolk Y Y Y  
Vallee, James D 10th Norfolk Y Y Y  
Lewis, Maryanne D 11th Norfolk Y   Y Did not vote on 3/12/01.
Rogers, John D 12th Norfolk N N N  
Harkins, Lida D 13th Norfolk N N N  
Locke, John R 14th Norfolk N N Y Committee on Criminal Justice
Smizik, Frank D 15th Norfolk N N    
deMacedo, Vinny R 1st Plymouth Y Y Y  
Provost, Ruth D 2nd Plymouth N N N  
Bradley, Garrett D 3rd Plymouth N N    
Hynes, Frank D 4th Plymouth N N N  
Nyman, Robert D 5th Plymouth Y Y Y  
Marini, Francis R 6th Plymouth Y Y Y House Minority Leader
Teahan, Kathleen D 7th Plymouth N N N  
Flynn, David D 8th Plymouth N N Y  
Kennedy, Thomas D 9th Plymouth N N N  
Canavan, Christine D 10th Plymouth Y Y Y  
Creedon, Geraldine D 11th Plymouth N   N Did not vote on 3/12/01.
O'Brien, Thomas D 12th Plymouth Y Y Y  
Petruccelli, Anthony D 1st Suffolk Y Y    
O'Flaherty, Gene D 2nd Suffolk N N N  
DiMasi, Salvatore D 3rd Suffolk N N N  
vacant   4th Suffolk       Rep. John Hart, death penalty supporter, moved over to the 1st Suffolk Senate seat in February, 2002.
St. Fleur, Marie D 5th Suffolk N N    
Owens-Hicks, Shirley D 6th Suffolk N N N  
Fox, Gloria D 7th Suffolk N N N  
Demakis, Paul D 8th Suffolk N N N  
Rushing, Byron D 9th Suffolk N N N  
Donnelly, David D 10th Suffolk N N N  
Malia, Elizabeth D 11th Suffolk N N N  
Finneran, Thomas D 12th Suffolk N N N Speaker of the House
Walsh, Martin D 13th Suffolk N N N  
Scaccia, Angelo D 14th Suffolk N N N  
Fitzgerald, Kevin D 15th Suffolk N N N  
Reinstein, Kathi-Anne D 16th Suffolk N N N  
Honan, Kevin D 17th Suffolk N N N  
Golden, Brian Paul D 18th Suffolk N N N  
DeLeo, Robert D 19th Suffolk Y Y Y  
Bunker, David D 1st Worcester N N    
Knuuttila, Brian D 2nd Worcester Y Y Y  
Goguen, Emile D 3rd Worcester N N N  
Simmons, Mary Jane D 4th Worcester Y Y Y  
Gobi, Anne D 5th Worcester N     Rep. David Tuttle resigned on 3/12/01. His "Y" for death penalty reinstatement was his 999th and final vote in the House. Anne Gobi won the special election held October 23, 2001.
Carron, Mark D 6th Worcester N N    
Frost, Paul R 7th Worcester Y Y Y  
Kujawski, Paul D 8th Worcester Y Y Y  
Peterson, George R 9th Worcester Y Y Y  
Parente, Marie D 10th Worcester Y   Y Did not vote on 3/12/01.
Polito, Karyn R 11th Worcester Y Y    
Naughton, Harold D 12th Worcester N N N Voted "Y" in 1997.
Spellane, Robert D 13th Worcester N N    
Leary, James D 14th Worcester N N   Committee on Criminal Justice
Pedone, Vincent D 15th Worcester Y Y Y  
Fresolo, John D 16th Worcester Y Y Y  
Binienda, John D 17th Worcester Y Y Y  

 

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