New Jersey Blows

According to an article on CNN, New Jersey lawmakers are voting to abolish the death penalty.

New Jersey lawmakers have voted to abolish the death penalty in the state, sending the governor a bill he has already said he will sign. The measure will make New Jersey the first state in more than 40 years to outlaw capital punishment.

The bill will make life in prison the most severe penalty for convicted murderers in the state, including the eight men currently on the state’s death row. New Jersey has not put anyone to death since 1963, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

This makes perfect sense, because obviously NJ is one of the safest states to live in with a low crime rate.

All sarcasm aside, over the past few years cities in NJ have repeatedly earned high crime-ridden city rankings. Crime does happen in New Jersey, quite often in fact.

Then again, even with the death penalty law, NJ hasn’t put anyone to death since 1963.