NJ Senate Votes To Repeal Death Penalty
By a 21-16 bipartisan vote;
Aye (17 Democrats, 4 Republicans):
John Adler (D-Cherry Hill)
Diane Allen (R-Edgewater Park)
Wayne Bryant (D-Camden)
Barbara Buono (D-Edison)
Richard Codey (D-West Orange)
Joseph Coniglio (D-Paramus)
Sandra Cunningham (D-Jersey City)
Nia Gill (D-Montclair)
John Girgenti (D-Paterson)
Ellen Karcher (D-Marlboro)
Bernard Kenny (D-Hoboken)
Raymond Lesniak (D-Union)
Robert Martin (R-Morris Plains)
James McCullough (R-Egg Harbor Township)
Joseph Palaia (R-Deal)
Paul Sarlo (D-Wood-Ridge)
Bob Smith (D-Piscataway)
Stephen Sweeney (D-Thorofare)
Shirley Turner (D-Ewing)
Joseph Vitale (D-Woodbridge)
Loretta Weinberg (D-Teaneck)
Nay (13 Republicans, 3 Democrats):
Nicholas Asselta (R-Cape May)
Martha Bark (R-Mount Laurel)
Anthony Bucco (R-Denville)
Gerald Cardinale (R-Cresskill)
Anthony Ciesla (R-Brick)
Lenoard Connors (R-Forked River)
Peter Inverso (R-Hamilton)
Thomas Kean Jr. (R-Westfield)
Joseph Kyrillos (R-Middletown Township)
Leonard Lance (R-Flemington)
Robert Littell (R-Franklin)
Fred Madden (D-Turnersville)
Henry McNamara (R-Wyckoff)
Nicholas Sacco (D-North Bergen)
Nicholas Scutari (D-Linden)
Robert Singer (R-Lakewood Township)
Not Voting:
Sharpe James (D-Newark)
Ronald Rice (D-Newark)