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Senator Singer: Don't Abolish Death Penalty
By mpealJanuary 3, 2007
Senator Robert Singer (R-30)
Contact: Michelle Peal
(732) 901-0792
Singer: Abolishing Death Penalty Wrong Step for New Jersey
Victims of Heinous Crimes Need Justice
Senator Robert Singer, (R-30), issued the following statement in response to a special commission report that recommended New Jersey abolish its death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
I am disappointed with the commission’s recommendation to abolish the death penalty. If the Legislature follows through with this idea it means that several of New Jersey’s most notorious murderers who are now on death row will no longer face true justice.
I encourage every member of the Legislature to take public testimony from the families of the victims of these crimes so that we can hear first hand how they have suffered. For the families the heartache is always there. They live out a life sentence everyday with no parole.
Capital punishment in New Jersey is narrowly applied to the worst of all murderers and rightfully undergoes a vigorous review. The state has never had a death row inmate proven innocent. I hope the Legislature will keep this in mind, and make the right decision to reject the special commission’s recommendation to abolish the death penalty.
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