Recently, law enforcement officers, prosecutors, crime victims’ advocates and both Republican and Democratic state legislators in New Jersey worked together to pass legislation to repeal that state’s death penalty. Gov. Jon Corzine signed the bill into law last month, making New Jersey the first state to legislatively repeal the death penalty since Iowa and West Virginia did so back in 1965. [Continue Reading...]
The news is filled these days with stories about one of the most important factors in determining who is elected to statewide office in North Carolina, how much money they have raised.
Candidates year-end campaign finance reports were due Friday and most are now available online at the State Board of Election website. Even though most campaigns have just begun, candidates are judged by how much money they raise and how much they have in the bank. In the current political system, money translates into credibility. [Continue Reading...]
