http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17779302-23109,00.html
Jon Hurdle
"NEW Jersey lawmakers have approved a moratorium on the death penalty, becoming the first US state legislature to block executions since the Supreme Court reinstated the punishment in 1976. The state Assembly voted 55 to 21 with two abstentions to suspend the death penalty until a commission report due to be given to lawmakers and the governor by November 15. The state Senate approved the measure last month. The commission will study whether the death penalty deters crime and whether there is a significant difference between the cost of the death penalty and that of life without parole."
