New Jersey will become the first state in four decades to abolish the death penalty under a measure lawmakers approved Thursday and the governor intends to sign within days.
Assembly members voted 44-36 to replace the death sentence with life in prison without parole. The state Senate approved the bill Monday, and Gov. Jon S. Corzine, a Democrat, has said he will sign the bill within a week.
One of the murderers who just got a new lease on life was convicted for the murder of 7-year old Megan Kanka in 1994. It was her case that gave the name "Megan's Law" to the requirement that law enforcement notify the public when sex offenders move into their neighborhood.
Perhaps he should be released into the neighborhood of the New Jersey lawmakers that ensured him a long life.
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