A special commission in New Jersey charged with studying the death penalty has recommended that it be abolished, reports the Associated Press.A special commission in New Jersey charged with studying the death penalty has recommended that it be abolished, reports the Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. . "There is increasing evidence that the death penalty is inconsistent Reciprocally contradictory or repugnant. Things are said to be inconsistent when they are contrary to each other to the extent that one implies the negation of the other. with evolving standards of decency de·cen·cy n. pl. de·cen·cies 1. The state or quality of being decent; propriety. 2. Conformity to prevailing standards of propriety or modesty. 3. decencies a. ," the report said, adding that the state would save millions if death row was eliminated. Both the governor and legislative leaders support abolishing capital punishment capital punishment, imposition of a penalty of death by the state. History Capital punishment was widely applied in ancient times; it can be found (c.1750 B.C.) in the Code of Hammurabi. . If they do so, New Jersey would become the first state to abolish the death penalty legislatively since the Supreme Court reinstated it in 1976. |
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