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But Did They Listen?, Robert Blecker
But Did They Listen?, Robert Blecker
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BUT DID THEY LISTEN? Based upon the Death Penalty Study Commission’s near unanimous final report, New Jersey stands poised to become the first state during the modern era to legislatively abolish the death penalty. Hailed nationally and internationally as a model, apparently unbiased and thorough, the Commission’s final report distorts the evidence and worst of all, ignores basic well-established perspectives framing the great debate. This essay takes on the Report’s anti-retributive bias, and provides an alternative point of view that ought to counter a rush to judgment and spur legislators in other states more seriously to reconsider life (without parole) …