How to Eliminate the Death Penalty

Whatever else may be said about New Jersey and Gov. Jon Corzine, they should both be given credit for not only abolishing the death penalty but for doing so in the correct manner—through legislative action and not judicial or executive fiat.

This small victory for the pro-life movement is also a good moment to revisit Jody Bottum’s excellent essay on “Christians and the Death Penalty.”

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