Big News In New Jersey!

We here in America don’t really want to kill people. Even a recent poll in New Jersey showed the state’s voters wanted the option for people to die for their crimes, yet would rather have them sentenced to life in prison without parole. But we really seem to like to be able to put people to death in theory, in case somebody comes along we really would rather see dead.

Against this backdrop comes New Jersey’s decision to abolish the death penalty. Gov. Jon Corzine is expected to sign a bill next week making the Dirty Jerz the first state to get rid of the death penalty since it was re-instated by the Supreme Court in 1976.

Ahh, yes, but there is even bigger news in Jersey. Dick Clark memorabilia is being auctioned off in Audubon!

“There are proclamations from every mayor from Rizzo to Rendell,” said Brian Murphy of Haddonfield, a memorabilia broker. “They look like the Declaration of Independence. They’re on parchment.”

Actually, didn’t Dick Clark sign the Declaration of Independence?