New Jersey Abolishes Death Penalty


by Robert Sharp    
December 17, 2007 at 7:32 pm

The Democratic Governor of New Jersey, Jon Corzine, has just signed a bill abolishing the state’s death penalty. It is the first state to do so since the USA reintroduced capital punishment in the 1970s. (h/t Tyra).

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at 6:25 am on December 18, 2007
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     Sunny Hundal

Damn those liberals from the East Coast! They will destroy the moral fibre of America!

at 8:11 am on December 18, 2007
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     chrisc

The gesture is good, though it is not a case of a sinner who repenteth.
NJ last execution was in 1963.

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