New Jersey Lawmakers Vote to Abolish Death Penalty

Story Highlights

• New Jersey Assembly passes death penalty bill 44-36; Senate passed it Monday
• Gov. Jon Corzine has already said he will sign the measure
• Bill will make New Jersey the first state in more than 40 years to ban execution
• Nearly 1,100 people have been executed in U.S. since death penalty's return in 1976

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