Friday, 11 May 2007

New Jersey death penalty repeal legislation passes key committee vote: Ronald Smothers has this article in the New York Times, entitled "
Death Penalty Repeal Bill Advances in New Jersey." The article reports that the New Jersey Assembly Judiciary Committee voted to advance the bill to the full Assembly. The bill would repeal the death penalty in New Jersey, and replace it with life in prison without the possibility of parole. The bill would also repeal the death