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REMARKS ON PLAN TO ABOLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Senator Joseph M. Kyrillos, Jr. (R-Monmouth/Middlesex) issued the following statement regarding the recommendation of the New Jersey Death Penalty Study Commission to abolish capital punishment in this State, and commute the sentences of those presently convicted of capital murder to life imprisonment.
"Capital punishment in New Jersey is narrowly applied to the worst of all murderers. Defendants are given professional counsel and their cases are appealed directly to the Supreme Court where they are subject to vigorous review for trial faults and evidence of racial bias. It is appropriate that it be applied in the case of terrorism, murders of law enforcement officers, and murders arising from sex crimes, and I hope that a bi-partisan group of Senators prevents this dangerous and unwise recommendation from becoming law."
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