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New Jersey on Monday became the first state in more than three decades to abolish the death penalty after a state commission ruled the punishment is "inconsistent with evolving standards of decency."
Finally, someone is doing the right thing, I think....
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12:50 PM
2 comments:
I know, we heard the news in Sweden too. It´s probably a long time since someone was killed by state authority in Sweden, I have to check with the knowledge base at home (JH that is).
I think the last executed person in Sweden was in the 1920s, unless it was that spy couple in the 1950s.
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