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New Jersey Close to Abolition

By Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing

On Monday, New Jersey moved one step closer to becoming the first state to abolish the death penalty since its reinstatement in 1976. A Senate budget committee approved replacing capital punishment with life without the possibility of parole. A full assembly vote is expected on December 13.The effort to abolish capital punishment in New Jersey stems from a January report from a state commission which found that the death penalty was a more expensive sentence than life in prison and did not deter murder...sound familiar?Already, only two months into its study, the Tennessee study committee on the death penalty has heard testimony from David Raybin, author of the state's death penalty statute, and from others, that the death penalty in Tennessee is more costly and not a deterrent...continue to full post

Full post as published by tcask:: on the road (to abolition) on December 05, 2007 (boomark / email).