Doug,
I think you mean that New Jersey would be the first state in quite a long time to repeal capital punishment, not the first state ever. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries quite a number of states repealed capital punishment. My own state, Massachusetts, abolished capital punishment back in the 1970s and that repeal has held up despite numerous attempts to reinstate it.
Jim F>
-- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
On Dec 12, 2007, at 3:31 AM, joanna wrote:
> That's what I keep saying: the prisons are important, even key, to a
> left platform.
How about my home state, New Joisey, about to repeal capital punishment? First state ever. I wonder if it will spawn imitators.
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