Most of the folks in Newark (where those three college students were murdered, among hundreds of others per year in said city) are against the death penalty because it is "discriminatory" against blacks.
This doesn't mean a damn thing. NJ hasn't executed anyone since the 1960s. Even Howard Unruh, who shot and killed several people in Camden in the early 1950s is still doing Life over in Rahway.
Well....it could be worse....we could have had Huckabee as a Governor....can you say parolee....