USLegal Reporter

New Jersey’s governor Jon S. Corzine signed legislation today that abolishes capital punishment in the state. The New Jersey Assembly and Senate approved the bill last week. Corzine commuted the sentences of New Jersey’s eight death row prisoners on Sunday to life in prison without parole.

Source: http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2007/12/new-jersey-governor-signs-bill.php

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