No more death penalty in NJ
I can’t say I’m anti-death penalty in theory but I think its pretty clear our current system is quite broken. Via Michael D I see that Gov. Corzine in New Jersey today signed a bill that banned capital punishment:
In signing the bill, Gov. Jon Corzine called it a “momentous day” and made the Garden State the first state to ban capital punishment since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated it in 1976.
Corzine on Sunday commuted the sentences of eight men sitting on the state’s death row. They will now serve life in prison without parole, according to the governor’s office.
“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,” Corzine said.
Good job New Jersey. Didn’t think you had it in you.
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