Death penalty back on table in New Jersey

Eleven Republican Senators want the death penalty reinstated for the worst of the worst. I disagree — state-sanctioned murder is still murder, we can never be sure that the man or woman we are killing is guilty, there is no way to protect the poor and minorities against the biases built into the syste.

See my column tomorrow on East Windsor Patch.

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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet