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New Jersey bans executions

New Jersey on Monday became the first state in more than three decades to abolish the death penalty after a state commission ruled the punishment is "inconsistent with evolving standards of decency." <p><a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_law?a=8n5MLD"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_law?i=8n5MLD" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_law?a=9c8KDOC"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_law?i=9c8KDOC" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_law?a=XlP8eaC"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_law?i=XlP8eaC" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_law?a=ISDMYDc"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_law?i=ISDMYDc" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_law?a=JUHe8aC"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_law?i=JUHe8aC" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_law?a=z7NPfVc"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_law?i=z7NPfVc" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_law/~4/201714585" height="1" width="1"/>