Broken System: Error Found in Three-Quarters of New Jersey Death Cases

Of the 63 death sentences handed down since New Jersey reinstated capital punishment in 1982, 47 have been overturned, including that of Robert Marshall, whose death sentence was reversed on April 8^th by a federal court. Marshall had been on New Jersey’s death row longer than any other inmate prior to the vacating of his sentence. New Jersey has not carried out an execution since bringing back the death penalty. It currently has 11 inmates on death row, and no executions are scheduled at this time. (Asbury Park Press, September 7, 2004) See Death Row; also see DPIC’s Summary of Prof. Liebman’s Report on the national “Broken System”.