First step toward humanity

The state Senate Budget Committee has sent legislation to the full Senate that would abolish the death penalty. A vote is likely in both houses next week and legislation could go to the governor before Christmas.

Let’s hope the Legislature adopts this bill and that New Jersey’s action can spur other states to abandon our foolish societal obsession with hard justice.

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Hall wrong on Miller

It would be difficult to identify a non-player who has had more impact on baseball in the last 40 years than Marvin Miller. So the failure of the Veterans Committee today to enshrine the former player’s union director in the Hall of Fame seems a slap in the face of the game’s history.

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