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- JANUARY 1, 2003New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
New Jersey does forbid the execution of the mentally...
New Jersey does forbid the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 2003New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
No death row inmates would be executed until a special...
No death row inmates would be executed until a special commission takes a second look at the state's capital-punishment system under a bill passed by a state Assembly committee, on December 2002
- 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
- DECEMBER 10, 2002New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
No death row inmates would be executed until a special...
No death row inmates would be executed until a special commission takes a second look at the state's capital-punishment system under a bill passed by a state Assembly committee
- 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
- JANUARY 1, 2002New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
New Jersey does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
New Jersey does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded but does forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- DECEMBER 13, 2001New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
An Assembly committee unanimously approved a sweeping...
An Assembly committee unanimously approved a sweeping anti-terrorism package that would increase criminal penalties for terrorist acts
- DECEMBER 1, 2001New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
New Jersey became the first state in the country to...
New Jersey became the first state in the country to implement new police line-up procedures
- NOVEMBER 16, 2001New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
The brother of murder victim Paul Gale, Mark, said:...
The brother of murder victim Paul Gale, Mark, said: "I believe Marcinski should have got the death penalty