In a move that has New Jersey’s murderers, rapists, and child molesters jumping for joy, Democrat Governor Jon Corzine has, with a stroke of his pen, abolished capital punishment in his state.
The New Jersey Constitution gives the governor authority to “grant pardons and reprieves in all cases other than impeachment and treason.”
New Jersey reinstated the death penalty in 1982 - six years after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed states to resume executions - but hasn’t executed anyone since 1963.
Corzine said he was moved by passionate views on both sides, but believes eliminating capital punishment “best captures our state’s highest values and reflects our best efforts to search for true justice.”
A recent Quinnipiac University poll showed New Jersey voters supported keeping the death penalty by 53 percent to 39 percent. The telephone poll of 1,085 voters was conducted from Dec. 5-9 and had a sampling error margin of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
The bill passed the legislature largely along party lines, with controlling Democrats supporting the abolition and Republicans opposed. Republicans unsuccessfully sought to retain the death penalty for those who murder law enforcement officials, terrorists and those who rape and murder children.
A couple of things to pay attention to here. First, you’ll notice that Governor Corzine ignored the people of New Jersey in abolishing capital punishment. The people of New Jersey used their best efforts to find and administer true justice when they placed those eight felons on death row. I don’t see how thwarting the will of the people in order to pander to your political base equates to New Jersey’s “best values.” I could further go on and say that this isyet another example of Democrats forcing their own values on a majority of people who disagree with them, but you knew that already.
Here is the second thing to notice:
John Martini Sr., the man who killed Flax’s husband, is among the eight men whose sentences were commuted.
Another of the eight is Jesse Timmendequas, the sex offender who murdered 7-year-old Megan Kanka in 1994. The case inspired Megan’s Law, which requires law enforcement agencies to notify the public about convicted sex offenders living in their communities.
Megan’s father, Richard Kanka, is still hopeful the men won’t see old age. “The only thing we can really hope for is somebody in jail will knock off these guys,” he said.
Corzine has given relief to the vilest of the human scum which is available in the justice system, all to emphasize his humane bonafides to his fellow liberal democrats. He did it at the expense of the families of the victims of these soulless bastards.
Here’s hoping that 53% of the population of New Jersey remembers this travesty come election time.
