Some good news for once:
"New Jersey became the first US state in four decades to vote to abolish the death penalty on Thursday when the Democratic-controlled state assembly passed the law by a vote of 44 to 36.
The state Senate had voted along the same lines Monday, and Jon Corzine, the Democratic governor of the northeastern state, has repeatedly expressed support for the measure and has vowed to sign it into law by January.
The Council of Europe welcomed the move as "courageous" in a statement. European Union members make rejecting execution a human rights condition of membership."
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