Newark Star-Ledger: Assembly OKs measure to end N.J. executions
After more than two hours of emotional debate about justice and retribution, the Assembly yesterday gave final approval to a bill to abolish New Jersey's death penalty, sending the measure to the desk of a governor who is eager to sign it into law.
The lawmakers voted 44-36 to replace the state's never-used death penalty with life in prison without parole. The Senate passed the bill Monday. Gov. Jon Corzine said yesterday he expects to sign it in a matter of days, making New Jersey the first state to repeal its capital punishment law in more than 30 years.
Interestingly, all the non-US papers that cover this story illustrate it with a picture of some method of execution.
ITN (uk)
BBC News
EuroNews, France
AFP
The US papers just have pictures of the Assembly, or Governor Corzine.
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