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On 12/14/07, The New Jersey General Assembly voted 44 to 36 to make New Jersey the first state since Iowa and West Virginia in 1965 to legislatively repeal the death penalty. The bill now goes to the governor, who has strongly indicated he will sign it. Read the story. Our materials page has a link to the New Jersey Death Penalty Study Commission and its report.

Tom Scheck of Minnesota Public Radio reports on the Minnesota House hearing held on February 26, 2004 . The soundfile of Mary Streufert's testimony is also available at this link and is highly recommended.