Legal Opinion · Concurrence
State v. Ramseur
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided March 5, 1987Published
1ConcurrenceO’Hern, J.
I concur with the Court’s decision today upholding the constitutionality of the death penalty under our state constitution. On this as on certain other issues probing the content of *332counterpart measures of state and federal constitutions, I do not discern a distinct New Jersey understanding. On such issues I believe that the values of our society are the shared values of our nation.
Our frame of reference is not some abstract notion of civilization or free government, but the American vision. Promises of freedom of speech and worship, guarantees of privacy of the home and the person, a ban on…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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