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New Jersey State Senator Raymond Lesniak has posted, "Why Abolition of the Death Penalty Was Important," at NJ.com.  It's the text of his speech today at Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice. I've just listed three good reasons for abolishing the death penalty. But there is one more. One that has the least impact on politicians, but the greatest impact on our society - governments should not have the power to pass ultimate judgment and decide who should live and who should die. During the 25 plus years of having a death penalty statute in New Jersey, over 16,000 murders were committed and 60 murderers were sentenced to death. Why those 60 and not the 15,000 plus others? There's no reasoned answer to that question, other than some of us hold on to the need for revenge...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on October 15, 2008 (boomark / email).