NJ Senate passes bill to suspend executions
Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2005
Good news! Today the NJ Senate passed the death penalty moratorium bill by a 30-6 strong bipartisan vote. I've attached part of the press release below...
Trenton -- The New Jersey State Senate today approved S-709, legislation calling for an immediate moratorium on all executions in New Jersey and creating a new study commission which will examine the flaws in the State's current death penalty system. Should S-709 become law, New Jersey would become the first State to legislatively impose a moratorium on the death penalty.
"By its action today, the Senate has signaled its deep concern with the State's current death penalty system and sent a clear message that the death penalty just does not work," said Celeste Fitzgerald, Director of New Jerseyans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, a statewide organization that advocates replacing the death penalty with life without parole.
New Jerseyans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
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