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NJ Steps Closer to Abolishing Death Penalty

New York Public RadioNEW YORK, NY May 11, 2007 ?New Jersey has taken another step toward abolishing the death penalty.The Senate Judiciary Committee voted eight-to-two to push forward a bill that would replace the death penalty with life imprisonment without parole.The vote came after a fiery debate between lawmakers and emotional pleas to retain the penalty from those whose family members were killed by those now on death row.If the bill is approved by lawmakers and signed into law by Governor Corzine, New Jersey would be the first state to abolish capital punishment legislatively since the US Supreme Court allowed states to reinstate it in 1976.

Full post as published by Kansas Death Penalty Focus on May 11, 2007 (boomark / email).