NJ Ends Death Penalty
Well it is official as of 10am this morning Governor Jon Corzine was to sign the Bill that passed the Assembly ending the death penalty in New Jersey. New Jersey is the first state in 42 years to end the death penalty and instead require life imprisonment without the possibililty of parole.
It seems ironic that the Governor is signing the bill that will when just this past weekend two prisoners escaped from the Union County Jail. The desperate pair removed two cinder blocks from the jail wall and then jumped. Jose Espinosa, 20, pleaded guilty to the aggravated manslaughter and was awaiting sentencing. Otis Blunt, 32, was awaiting trial for robbery and weapones offenses. The pair proves that life in prison without the chance of parole has a few problems that need ironing out. If prisoners can escape … well you get the picture just fill in the blank.