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Less money, more pain and injustice

Less money, more pain and injustice By JAMES ABBOTTSpecial to the Star-Telegram Last month, New Jersey's legislature and governor replaced the death penalty with a sentence of life in prison without parole. The measure has been hailed as an historic moment across the country. I guess that makes sense, because no state had legislatively abolished its death penalty in more than 50 years.But I want to share the view from where I sit: a police chief who long supported the death penalty. Watching this debate evolve over the years and then unexpectedly being caught up in the middle of it, I don't think the vote was historic at all. It was just plain common sense.I am the police chief of West Orange, N...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on January 20, 2008 (boomark / email).