New Jersey State Museum New Jersey State Museum The New Jersey State Museum is located at 205 West State Street in Trenton, New Jersey, overlooking the Delaware River. The museum is operated as part of the New Jersey Department of State. The museum's main collection of specimens, artifacts and objects date back to items collected in the early 19th century. The museum also includes a 140-seat planetarium and a 384-seat auditorium. The New Jersey State Museum serves a broad region between New York and Philadelphia. Because the admission fee is 'suggested', and programs are free or offered at a very low-cost, the museum is
Capital punishment in New Jersey enacted. The Supreme Court ruled in 1976 in "Gregg v. Georgia" that revised statutes were constitutional, though New Jersey did not pass revised legislation until 1982 which included anyone who "purposely or knowingly causes death" or someone who "contracts for the murder". Under the 1982 statute, there were 228 capital trials. Of the 60 cases in which juries returned a verdict for capital punishment, 57 were overturned and eight inmates remained on death row (in some cases an overturned death sentence results in a sentencing retrial, and another death sentence). A series of bills was introduced in the Assembly in