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Congratulations New Jersey!

By Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing

Sometime yesterday afternoon, the phone rang here in the office. I was deep into "end of the year" financial stuff (my favorite) when Isaac told me I had a phone call. It was Sarah Craft, a friend from Equal Justice USA. Sarah quietly said, "Stacy, I have to tell you something." "Yes," I replied. She continued, "New Jersey just voted to abolish the death penalty." Even though I knew the repeal was most likely going to happen, to actually hear those words..."Hallelujah," I said, "Hallelujah!"What a gift to the people of New Jersey this holiday season that lawmakers in that state were able to put emotion and politics aside and truly reflect on the facts concerning the death penalty. After the state conducted a thorough study of the system, much like the one Tennessee is currently conducting, the facts were clear...continue to full post

Full post as published by tcask:: on the road (to abolition) on December 14, 2007 (boomark / email).