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Families of victims reject death penalty

By Dr. Michael Blankenship

Not every victims' family wants the offender executed. All too often, the needs of the victims' families are ignored. This factor was taken into consideration when New Jersey abolished the death penalty.read more | digg storyDefenders of the death penalty have frequently invoked the image that every victims' families want to see the offender executed. This myth is finally being exposed.Several victims group exist that oppose the imposition of the death penalty. Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights and Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation are but two examples. New Jersey recently abolished the death penalty because of the negative impact on the victims' family (see the report and recommendations from the NJ Death Penalty Study Commission)...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Justice Gambit on January 07, 2008 (boomark / email).