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New Jersey lawmakers approved a bill to abolish capital punishment.
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Fast Facts:
- New Jersey Assembly passes death penalty bill 44-36, December 14, 2007
- Senate passed the bill on December 10, 2007
- Gov. Jon Corzine states he will sign into law
- Bill will make New Jersey the first state in more than 40 years to ban execution
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New Jersey Death Penalty News
- New Jersey Legislature: New Jersey Death Penalty Study Commission
- Official Site: New Jerseyans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (NJADP)
- Google News: New Jersey Death Penalty
- Time: New Jersey: A Death Penalty Trend? (December 17, 2007)
- Chicago Tribune: N.J. passes bill to ban executions (December 14, 2007)
- While the New Jersey bill to abolish the death penalty may have an effect on states with small Death Rows, it is unlikely that active death penalty states such as Texas, Virginia, California and Florida, will follow suit any time soon.
- Washington Post: N.J. Approves Abolition of Death Penalty; Corzine to Sign (December 14, 2007)
- USA Today: N.J. moves toward abolition of death penalty (December 14, 2007)
- FOX News: N.J. Lawmakers Vote To Stop Death Penalty (December 14, 2007)
- Associated Press: If Death Penalty Abolished, What Next? (December 13, 2007)
- Bloomberg: New Jersey Death Penalty Repeal Advances to Corzine (December 13, 2007)
New Jersey Death Penalty on Amazon
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The Road to Abolition: How New Jersey Abolished the Death Penalty - $20.00
Senator Raymond J. Lesniak chronicles his historic efforts to abolish the death penalty in New Jersey in his book, The Road to Abolition: How New Jersey Abolished the Death Penalty...Amazon
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- Michelle Malkin: Update: NJ abolishes the death penalty (December 13, 2007)
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