The initiative follows the tragic and horrific murder of Jane Longhurst and the public campaign based on the fact that her murderer was obsessed with images of sexual violence — the concern being that viewing such images causes extreme behaviour. (newlawjournal.co.uk)
These realities draw me again to the idea, discussed recently here, that states should rarely (if ever) bother to pursue capital cases and simply request that federal authorities assume primary responsibility for pursuing the death penalty in the most horrific murder cases. (sentencing.typepad.com)
The NJ report could have highlighted that any particularly horrific murders in New Jersey, especially if they could be described as an act or terror or involved harms to children, likely would provide a basis for the federal government to pursue a capital charge in New Jersey's federal courts. (sentencing.typepad.com)