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Updated: Wednesday, 07 Dec 2011, 8:04 PM EST
Published : Wednesday, 07 Dec 2011, 8:04 PM EST
By CHRISTINE PERSICHETTE
MYFOXNY.COM - The death penalty was killed on the floor of the New Jersey Legislature four years ago. Now a new bill is breathing new life into this controversial issue.
At least one family is watching closely.
Samond Simmons, the uncle of murdered toddler Tierra Morgan-Glover, wants the accused killer to face the death penalty.
"Our family's suffering you know what I'm saying," Simmons said. "I believe the guy should suffer."
Arthur Morgan III Morgan, Tierra's father, is accused of tossing his own daughter in a creek, where she drowned.
"The things that he did was just terrifying," Simmons said. "You wouldn't believe anybody would do anything like that to their children."
State Sen. Robert Singer, R-Ocean County, wants to bring the death penalty back, but only for what he calls "heinous crimes."
"Killing a police officer, killing a child in the state of New Jersey, mass murderers or people act of terrorism kill people deserve to have the death penalt," he said.
Singer voted against repealing the death penalty in 2007. He said his new bill has a lot of support in the Legislature.
Ed Martone, the director of New Jerseyans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, does not support the bill. He said life without parole is a sufficient and severe punishment. He said the death penalty just doesn't work.
"Capital punishment for us is tantamount to 8-track players and buggy whips -- it's something we tried, it's outdated, it never worked well," Martone said.
The bill hasn't moved since Singer introduced it months ago. He blames politics for getting in the way. But he said he hopes now that people know about it they will pressure their own legislators to act on it.
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