Earlier today, the New Jersey Legislature stopped temporarily the death penalty, until a report comes out by November about the fairness of it..
The vote was by a large margin... something like 40-22 with 2 abstentions.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...
This is a great step for fairness and against the unfair death penalty. If enough states can do this, and truly look at the unfairness of the application of the death penalty, there will be huge gains.