"It's a day of progress for the state of New Jersey and for the millions of people across our nation and around the globe who reject the death penalty as a moral or practical response to the grievous, even heinous, crime of murder," Governor Jon Corzine said. (CNN.com)Instead of a death penalty, the new legislation enforces life in prison with no parole.
Monday, December 17, 2007
NJ Bans Death Penalty
New Jersey has not executed a prisoner since 1963, and from this day on, it seems like it'll stay that way. As of today, New Jersey became the first state in more than three decades to ban the death penalty.
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i'm so glad NJ is taking the first step. i think the death penalty is a cheap cop-out for people who deserve a lifetime locked up behind bars for what they've done.
Yea life in prison is better make them fker suffer
Yeah, I guess you can see it as that. I saw it more as a chance for those who are wrongly put into prison to somehow have a chance to maybe be proven innocent, but that's just the optimism in me.
i guess i would agree somewhat with sam. I think it would be devastating to execute someone who is innocent and there are cases where we get it wrong. I just find the death penalty to be barbaric. It's an archaic way to deal with problems
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