[RichInOC]

I find myself nodding in agreement with the proposal by an Ocean County ,NJ official ; who says-with considerable accuracy- New Jersey should abandon the death penalty ,because decades of experience have shown the NJ Supreme Court simply will not permit a death sentence to be carried out : no matter how hideous the crime.

We had a state supreme court like that once, and we threw off the worst offenders (the chief justice and two of the associates). Reconfirmation by popular vote, it's a wonderful thing.

[genefromjersey]

NJ judges are "non-political" (appointed on nasis of of party loyalty).