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Monday, December 17, 2007
Another step away from barbarism
By VictorM:The good people in New Jersey are helping the USA take another step away from the barbaric nation that some want us to become. There will be a day when the whole country abolishes the death penalty, but for now, I rejoice in New Jersey's decision:
New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine plans to sign a historic bill on Monday, outlawing the death penalty. The New Jersey state legislature this week became the nation's first legislative body to vote to outlaw executions since the Supreme Court re-opened the door to capital punishment in this country in 1976...The article goes on to give some details about the reasons why NJ is doing this. But for me, there's no point to enumerate the reasons. "It's vengeance, it's not justice" is all I need to know.
Eddie Hicks doesn't believe in the death penalty. Not even for his daughter's killer.
"For one thing, it won't bring my daughter back," Hicks says.
Jamila was shot dead seven years ago by a man in a fight with her brother. For Hicks, a life sentence would be true justice...
"It's vengeance, it's not justice," Eddie Hicks says.
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