State Senate moves to ban death penalty
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The state Senate approved a measure in Trenton to replace the death penalty with a sentence of life without parole. The bill has the support of the Democratic-controlled Assembly and the Democratic governor.
New Jersey has eight men on death row and hasn’t executed anyone since 1963.
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