Another thing I like about New Jersey

"Gov. Jon S. Corzine signed into law a measure repealing New Jersey’s death penalty on Monday, making the state the first in a generation to abolish capital punishment."


Back Story With The Times’s Jeremy W. Peters

Well, its about time. The death penalty was finally repealed in New Jersey, which had been practiced since 1982, 6 years after the Supreme Court allowed the killing of prisoners legal. It took a little under 2 weeks for this bill to be signed by Gov. Jon S. Corzine. After reading my last post on this bill's progress, I hope you can tell that I am quite happy. I think I'm beginning to like New Jersey. According to the New York Times, the bill progressed at a rapid pace, moving to replace "state-endorsed killing" with life in prison with no chance of parole. While America has made steps towards reducing the death penalty, this is the first time it's been completely removed since it was declared constitutional. I really hated the idea that the government was essentially killing people to teach them not to kill... Hopefully the progress in New Jersey will help the rest of the country to follow suit.