Tag: New Jersey
The Death of the Death Penalty?
pO157.
Posted to Legal on Tue Dec 18, 2007 at 06:36:17 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
NJ became the first state in decades to abolish the death penalty as Governor Jon Corzine (D) signed a bill monday to end giving prisoners new death sentences.
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Dead Dog Wagging
MayorBob.
Posted to Etcetera on Sat Dec 01, 2007 at 08:51:03 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
When a person is subjected to an unprovoked mauling from a dog, most communities would show a little sympathy for the human victim. Some of them might want to know when the dog will be euthanized. Some might even want the owners to face criminal charges. But Princeton, New Jersey is not your average community - it's a well-to-do Ivy League town. And the human victim isn't your average Princetonian - he's a landscaper from Honduras. Thus, the community's rallying around the dog while the victim's the target of anti-immigration invective.
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A Statewide Vote of No Confidence
pO157.
Posted to Etcetera on Fri Oct 19, 2007 at 02:06:41 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Recent polls indicate that about half of the residents of the Garden State hate New Jersey and would like to leave.
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Mandatory HIV Testing Coming to the Garden State?
pO157.
Posted to Politics on Mon May 14, 2007 at 12:37:38 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Ma'am, you'll have to take the test.
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Death Penalty Facing Execution In New Jersey
pO157.
Posted to Legal on Fri Jan 19, 2007 at 02:46:08 PM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.
A new report has been released by a special government commission in New Jersey fueling the debate over a punishment that has not been used since 1963. The report, coupled with the fact that the state has its first anti-death penalty governor since 1982 and a potentially sympathetic legislature could mean that NJ could soon become the 13th state without the sentence.
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If Not For The Interests Of Democracy, At Least For Your Own Interests!
pO157.
Posted to Etcetera on Tue Jan 16, 2007 at 02:59:23 AM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.
A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until a majority of voters discover that they can vote themselves largess out of the public treasury. ---Alexander Tytler
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New Jersey Supreme Court Boots Gay Marriage Thing To Legislature
MayorBob.
Posted to Politics on Sun Oct 29, 2006 at 10:50:48 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Just when you thought the gay marriage issue had just about died out, along come seven jurists in New Jersey to stir it back up again. In a 4-3 decision, the Garden State's Supreme Court dropped the ball in the state legislature's court and gave it 180 days to come up with a solution. It didn't order the legislature to pass a gay marriage law, because the court split on was what to call gay and lesbian unions. However, one thing the judges did agree upon was that gay and lesbian unions should have the same legal status as heterosexual marriages.
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