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N.J. bill would abolish death penalty

UPITRENTON, N.J., May. 11 (UPI) -- A bill that would make New Jersey the first state in decades to abolish the death penalty has moved a step closer to approval.The state Senate Judiciary Committee approved the measure 8-2 Thursday, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. The bill substitutes a life sentence without parole for the death penalty.New Jersey has not executed anyone since 1963, although the state adopted a new capital punishment law in 1982. A special commission recommended abolition in January.The bill is not guaranteed passage in the Legislature. Two senators who voted to release it from committee warned they might change their minds in a floor vote.Sen. Raymond Lesniak, the Democrat who leads the committee, said he opposes the death penalty even for terrorists...continue to full post

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