The Moratorium Campaign


Death Penalty:	YES
Prohibit Execution of the Mentally Retarded:	NO. However, this state must draft legislation with clear and unambiguous language prohibiting executions of persons with an IQ of less than 70 in order to reflect the recent United States Supreme Court decision Atkins v. Virginia, which held that such executions are unconstitutional.
Life Without Parole:	NO
Minimum Age to Eligible for the Death Penalty:	18
Number on Death Row:	16
Race of Defendants:	10 white (63%), 6 black (38%)
Racial Make-up of State Population:	66% white, 14% black, 13% Hispanic, 6% Asian
Innocents Exonerated:	NO
Columbia University Study Rate of Error in Capital Cases:	Not included in study
Murder Rate:	4.0 per 100,000 (ranked 3rd out of 51)
Governor:	James E. McGreevey, (Democrat),
Presidential Vote:	56% Gore, 40% Bush, 3% Nader
Public Opinion on the Death Penalty:	To follow.
Organizations Endorsing a Moratorium:	City of Camden Town of Chesilhurst City of Highland Park Borough of Princeton Town of Sommers Point The Advocate (Newark) American Association of University Professors Chapters, Rutgers Council (Rutgers) American Baptist Churches of New Jersey (Trenton) American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Jersey (Newark) American Ethical Union American Friends Service Committee Criminal Justice Program (Newark) Amnesty International, Atlantic County Amnesty International, Cape May (Cape May) Amnesty International, Eatontown (Eatontown) Amnesty International, Haddonfield Amnesty International, Hoboken (Hoboken) Amnesty International, Holy Angels Chapter (Demarest) Amnesty International, New Jersey Amnesty International, Ocean City (Ocean City) Amnesty International, Princeton (Princeton) Amnesty International, Rockaway (Rockaway) Amnesty International, West Orange (West Orange) Atlantic City Press (Atlantic City) Banout Tours Incorporated (Jersey City) The Beacon (Paterson) Bercksh Pax Christi (Rutherford) Bergen Record Black Ministers Council of New Jersey (Orange) Calvary Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (Jersey City) Camden Star Herald Cape-Atlantic Green Party (Atlantic City) Care Plus NJ, Inc. (Paramus) Catholic Spirit (Metuchen) Center for Family, Community and Social Justice Central Conference of American Rabbis Central Methodist (Point Pleasant) Centurian Ministries, Inc. (Princeton) Christ Church (Summit) Christ Congregation (Princeton) Church Women United, Montclair (Montclair) Coalition for Justice Coalition for Peace and Justice (Trenton) Communication Workers of America, Local 1033, Equity Committee Courier-News Courier-Post (Camden) Domincan Caldwell Associates of Sisters of St. Dominic (Caldwell) Emmaus Community of Christian Hope (Plainfield) Engaged Zen Foundation (Ramsey) Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey Episcopal Diocese of Newark (Newark) Essex Ethical Society, Social Action Committee (Maplewood) Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County (Teaneck) Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, New Jersey Synod Felician Sisters of the Lodi, NJ Province First Friday Group of Princeton (Princeton) First Presbyterian Church of Cape May (Cape May) Gray Panthers of Northern New Jersey (Leonia) Greater Princeton Interfaith Coalition Against the Death Penalty (Princeton) Green Party of New Jersey Green Party, Bergen County Highland Park Human Rights Commission (Highland Park) Home News Tribune Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union (HERE), Local 54 (Atlantic City) Justice Coalition (Newark) Koinonia Alpha First Presbyterian Church of Cape May (Cape May) Lafayette United Methodist Church (Jersey City) Lakeland Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Wayne) Little Sisters of Assumption (Walden) Methodist Federation for Social Action, Greater New Jersey area Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God (West Paterson) The Monitor (Trenton) Montclair Clergy Association (Montclair) Morris County Daily Record Morris County Pax Christi Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation, New Jersey National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), New Brunswick Area Branch (New Brunswick) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), New Jersey State Conference of Branches National Organization for Women of New Jersey New Brunswick Food Not Bombs (New Brunswick) New Jersey Association of Black Psychologists New Jersey Association on Correction (Trenton) New Jersey Bar Association New Jersey Catholic Conference (Trenton) New Jersey Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty New Jersey CopWatch (Rochelle Park) New Jersey Council of Churches (Trenton) New Jersey Independents (Hackensack) New Jersey Law Journal New Jersey Lawyer New Jersey Peace Action New Jersey Voter New Jerseyans for a Death Penalty Moratorium North Jersey Independent Alliance (Hackensack) Not in Our Name Pax Christi Monmouth County (Middletown) Pax Christi Morris County (Convent Station) Pax Christi New Jersey Pax Christi New Jersey, Southwest Chapter Pax Christi, Seton Hall Prep (S. Orange) People's Organization for Progress Presbyterian Church (USA), Presbytery of New Brunswick Presbyterian Church (USA), Presbytery of West Jersey Priests for Life Princeton Ethical Humanist Fellowship (Princeton) Princeton Interfaith Coalition (Princeton) Princeton Prison Project (Princeton) Prison Ministry, Trinity Church (Princeton) Prisoners Self Help Legal Clinic (Newark) Provincial Administration of the Religious Teachers Filippini (Neptune) Religious Society of Friends, Barnegat Monthly Meeting (Barnegat) Religious Society of Friends, Dover Randolph Monthly Meeting Religious Society of Friends, Friends Meeting of Trenton (Trenton) Religious Society of Friends, Haddonfield Friends Meeting Religious Society of Friends, Medford Friends Meeting (Medford) Religious Society of Friends, Middletown Meeting (Middletown) Religious Society of Friends, Montclair Monthly Meeting (Upper Montclair) Religious Society of Friends, Moorestown Monthly Meeting (Moorestown) Religious Society of Friends, Mount Holly Monthly Meeting (Medford) Religious Society of Friends, New Brunswick Monthly Meeting (New Brunswick) Religious Society of Friends, Princeton Friends Meeting (Princeton) Religious Society of Friends, Quakertown Monthly Meeting (Quakertown) Religious Society of Friends, Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting (Plainfield) Religious Society of Friends, Randolph Meeting (Randolph) Religious Society of Friends, Ridgewood Monthly Meeting (Ridgewood) Religious Society of Friends, Seaville Monthly Meeting (Seaville) Religious Society of Friends, Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting (Shrewsbury) Religious Society of Friends, Somerset Hills Monthly Meeting (Long Valley) Religious Society of Friends, Summit Monthly Meeting (Summit) Religious Society of Friends, Trenton Meeting (Trenton) Religious Society of Friends, Woodbury Meeting (Woodbury) Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton, Office of Jail & Prison Ministry (Trenton) Rutgers Green Party (Rutgers) Rutgers Ignite: Students Against the Death Penalty (Rutgers) Seminarians for Social Change, Princeton Theological Seminary (Princeton) Seton Hall Preperatory School (South Orange) Sisters for Christian Community of the Jubilee Network Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth, Convent Station (Convent Station) Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, New Jersey Regional Community, Leadership Team (Watchung) Sisters of St. Dominic Associate Members Sisters of St. Dominic of Caldwell, New Jersey, Congregational Leadership and the Committee on Gobal Issues (Caldwell) St. Anthony of Padua Church (Hammonton) St. Joseph Prayer Community (Elizabeth) St. Mark Congregational Council (Hamilton) St. Mark Evangelical Lutheran Church (Hamilton) St. Mary's Parish: A Franciscan Community St. Michael's Church (Cranford) St. Paul Parish, Princeton (Princeton) St. Paul the Apostle Parish, Jersey City (Jersey City) St. Peter Clavier (Montclair) St. Philomena's Church, Social Concerns Committee (Livingston) St. Therese Church, Social Concerns Committee (Creskill) Star Ledger (Newark) Stockton College Peace Action (Pomona) Students Concerned for Animal Rights Summit Interfaith Council (Summit) Trenton Times (Trenton) Trinity Church (Princeton) Unitarian Church in Summit (Summit) Unitarian Society of Ridgewood (Ridgewood) Unitarian Universalist Church Ocean County Congregation (Bayville) Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Lakeland (Wayne) Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, Social Action Committee (Princeton) Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palisades, Board of Trustees (Englewood) Unitarian Universalist Congregations of New Jersey Unitarian Universalist Fellowship United Church of Christ, New Jersey Association United Methodist Church, Board of Church and Society, Greater New Jersey area United Methodist Church New Jersey Area Church and Society Task Force to Abolish the Death Penalty (Red Bank) Wind of the Spirit Immigrant Resource Center (Morristown) Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), North New Jersey Chapter
Organizations Working FOR a Moratorium:	Assemblyman Alfred Steele (D), Prime Sponsor, Moratorium Bill A-1853, Assistant Minority Leader. Senator Shirley Turner (D), Prime Sponsor of Moratorium Bill S-1776. New Jerseyans for a Death Penalty Moratorium 23 Crane Fly Circle Cape May, NJ 08204 Lorry Post-contact (also from MVFR) 1-800-257-6204-(day) 609-884-7624-(day) 609-884-7655-(fax) [email protected] www.njmoratorium.org The Quixote Center – Regional Office Celeste Fitzgerald (973) 635-6396 ACLU of New Jersey 35 Halsey Street Newark, NJ 07102 Deborah Jacobs-contact 973-642-2084-(day) www.aclu-nj.org Amnesty International State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator Lorry Post-contact 609-884-7624-(day) [email protected] The Innocence Project’s contact in New Jersey: Centurion Ministries 32 Nassau St., Third Floor Princeton, NJ (609) 921-0334
Clemency:	The Governor has sole authority to grant clemency.
Who Decides Sentence:	Jury
Method of Execution:	Lethal injection

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