Comments on: New Jersey Abolishes Death Penalty

Gov. Corzine Signs Bill Banning Capital Punishment; First State To Do So In Four Decades

[antoniof123]

I just dont get it

Posted by cheddarboy82 at 10:48 AM : Dec 17, 2007

What else is new for a neocon they just don''t get it.

[beehive21-2009]

Prisons are farmed out to private companies for profit,wonder how much the governor was paid to let a private org. tap into the taxpapers pockets.What your seeing ,taxpapers lining alot of folks pockets, with gold in the name of justice.Life in prison is a death sentence.The killers need to kill themselves as its over,the lowlife, should have the decency to terminate themselves.

[shoebox119]

The best news I''ve heard in a long, long time.

Must be a bummer for the neocons, though. They treat killing like an art form, whether it''s abroad in some phony war or state-sponsored murder of their own fellow citizens right here at home, they just can''t get enough of it, I guess... just as long as someone else is doing the killing, of course.

[glndale187]

Too many questionable convictions and possible cases of mistaken identity? perhaps; I don''t know, never been further up the East Coast than BWI. Glen.

[macusweil]

"Good choice Gov. Jon S. Corzine!

Thank you. All states should follow suit."

Amen to that.. to those who believe we are a Christian nation then this is a great day. For the worse crimes life without parole is justice, state sponsored execution is playing God. There is no second chance for the innocent man once he has been given the death penalty. A hold over from a more privative time like slavery and apartheid, it is time to end this barbaric practice.

[fibonacci_]

Nice!

[bigsk8fan]

illinois stopped the death penalty when the governor realized that they had released too many folks from death row who were later proved innocent.

[taddles-2009]

"I would like to see the numbers on that claim.

Posted by thefarmer77 at 09:01 AM : Dec 17, 2007"

The numbers have been posted several times, here they are again.

http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?did=108

Capitol punishment costs more because of the increase in court costs and costs for required appeals that can go on for years.

Capitol punishment is not a problem for most people provided you have the right person. However, 128 people have been released from death row in the past couple years due to changes in DNA technology that proved their innocence. No one has checked the records and DNA of persons who have already been executed so there is no way to say for sure that innocent people have not been executed. Therefore you must assume that innocent people may have been executed and that can not be tolerated in a civil society.

[cheddarboy82]

we need harsher punishments in this country, people get away with too much and its getting worse. To say the death penalty is an easier out is wrong, ask anyone on death row, they would rather stay in a cell.

[vittoria1]

Rushman71, New Jersey is not in New England. Moreover, several of the other states that do not have the death penalty or are considering getting rid of it are not New England states. This abolition is no surprise, since New Jersey hasn''t executed anyone in years. My guess is that many other states will follow suit within the next decade, leaving Texas and perhaps one or two others in a difficult position.

[cheddarboy82]

what a joke. Death penalty should be in all states. dumb liberals. Such wimps. You kill someone and get caught you should be put down as well. Not fair these murders get food, life, attention but the person they killed is gone forever. And tax payers pay for it, what a load of garbage. I just dont get it

[fornicario]

I think that the death penalty, when it is actually applied to the guilty who deserve it, does work. But with the horror stories coming out about the innocent men who have been executed, or the innocents who were about to be, followed with the coddling of the true evil by the lawyers and the legal system, we need to come up with ONE standard for the death penalty, one that can be sure that the only people who receive it are the monsters who deserve it. Until then, I do not want to see another innocent man killed for a ''mistake''.

[extremophil]

Let''s all go to New Jersey and kill somebody. It''s the taxpayers treat!

[farmerbb]

As for "deters CRIMINALS permanently", how about we say "deters THE CONVICTED permanently". We have seen far too many people convicted of a crime, only to be released years later when DNA or other evidence shows they could not possibly have done the crime. Tell the guy who was executed we made a mistake, but REAL criminals get what they deserve....."you just happened to be in the wrong line when they handed out tickets".

[gunshack1]

I don''t know if the death penalty deters crime, but what I do know, it deters criminals permanently.

[drivelphobe]

If they spend that much on executions, I can save them money. I''ll do it for free.

[rushman71]

thefarmer77: That was a good statement you made!!!

[rushman71]

That''s New England Liberals for ya!!! They really care for the criminal minds and the corrupt!!! But don''t give a farrt about the victims!!! Whatever happened to crime and punishment? As Ron White said on his comedy show,"Down here in Texas, we have the death penalty, and we use it!!!" But the liberal pundits just love to give murderers and rapists a pitty party!!! Is that justice?

[thefarmer77]

"A special state commission found in January that the death penalty was a more expensive sentence than life in prison, hasn''t deterred murder and risks killing an innocent person."

I would like to see the numbers on that claim. I can not see how feeding a person three meals a day, housing him/her, and taking care of a person for possibly 40 - 60 years, depending on the age of the person committing the crime assuming 80 year life span, can be cheaper.

[mitywhity]

This will be regretted. Where there are no serious consequences, there is no serious consideration of actions. I feel sorry for the innocents there.