Abolishment of Death Penalty

New Jersey lawmakers intend on signing into law the abolishment of the capitol punishment in New Jersey. It was decided that the possibility of killing someone innocent and the pain of the victim's family is too great a cost for capitol punishment. The current worst sentence in New Jersey will now be life in prison. New Jersey is the first state in 44 years to abolish the use of the death penalty since it was reinstated in 1976. Capitol punishment is still currently being used in 37 states with over 1100 prisoners executed since 1976. Some radical republicans still argue that the death penalty should still be allowed in cases of terrorism or police killing.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/13/nj.death.penalty/index.html

People living in York gathered to march and request more severe penalties for child murderers. They believe the current punishment is far too lenient and not tough enough to deterr criminals. They're marching to reinstill capitol punishment for child murderers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/news/2002/09/14/march.shtml

my personal opinions on the death penalty side with the first article's opinon. I don't believe in the death penalty because there's always just that possibility that an innocent can be put down. After DNA testing was accessible, people on death row were pronounced innocent because of new evidence! I think the chance of putting an innocent down is too big of a risk to take. Life in prison is enough in its own sense a punishment for convicted villains.