I knew David Wilentz and his family. You've got them all wrong. They were good and decent people (as Democrats could still be, in those days, without freezing Hell over).
Wilentz DELIBERATELY blocked the will of the people and legislature of the State of New Jersey by assuring NO executions were carried out during his tenure.
I believe that New Jersey State Law required Wilentz to be a resident of the State of New Jersey as Supreme Court Justice, but he had a residence in New York where he apparently spent the greater part of his time.
I can't understand why you are defending a guy who refused to carry out the law of the State of New Jersey by blocking all executions during his tenure.