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- APRIL 8, 2004New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
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Robert O
- MARCH 25, 2004New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
In Trenton, the state Supreme Court overturned 4-3...
In Trenton, the state Supreme Court overturned 4-3 the death sentence of John Chew
- FEBRUARY 20, 2004New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
In Trenton, the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate...
In Trenton, the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division, by unanimous decision, halted all executions in New Jersey, saying the state's regulations for lethal injection killings "appear to be arbitrary and unreasonable
- JANUARY 12, 2004New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
A month after New Jersey's legislature passed by a...
A month after New Jersey's legislature passed by a wide margin a bipartisan bill calling for the creation of a study commission to examine the cost, fairness and effects of capital prosecutions in the state, Governor James McGreevey has vetoed the measure
- NOVEMBER 23, 2003New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
A Camden County jury was unable to reach a unanimous...
A Camden County jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether a convicted killer should be executed for two of three murders in a January 1995 dispute over how a marijuana distribution operation
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2003New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
In Trenton, Gov
In Trenton, Gov
- FEBRUARY 12, 2003New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
A state Supreme Court review found that race does not...
A state Supreme Court review found that race does not matter when it comes to the death penalty in New Jersey, according to a report
- DECEMBER 12, 2002New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
With 13 people on death row in New Jersey and against...
With 13 people on death row in New Jersey and against the hopes of death penalty opponents, the state Assembly postponed a planned vote on a creating a commission to study executions in the Garden State
- JULY 30, 2002New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
The state Supreme Court in a 5-0 decision overturned...
The state Supreme Court in a 5-0 decision overturned the death sentence of the only woman on New Jersey's death row, a transsexual who pleaded guilty to killing 2 police officers
- JULY 15, 2002New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
The New Jersey Supreme Court, citing a trial judge's...
The New Jersey Supreme Court, citing a trial judge's error, reversed Daron Josephs'death sentence, but upheld his conviction for murder
- JUNE 18, 2002New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
Terrorists could face the death penalty in New Jersey...
Terrorists could face the death penalty in New Jersey under a new law signed by Gov
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
The state's highest court has overturned a condemned...
The state's highest court has overturned a condemned killer's sentence, saying other New Jerseyans convicted of similar crimes were not sentenced to death