WE THE CITIZENS OF NEW JERSEY URGE STATE LEGISLATORS TO DECLARE VIOLENCE A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS AND HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS. VIOLENCE HAS BECOME A MAJOR CONCERN WITH KIDS AS YOUNG AS 12 YEARS OLD BEING THE VICTIMS AND THE CRIMINALS OF VIOLENCE. THE CENTER FOR DESEASE CONTROL REPORTS STATES THAT 6,000 YOUTH WILL DIE BY WAY OF HOMICIDE.

Nan's Law is the name given to our efforts to pass a law to force hotels/motels to do background checks on future employees who have access to guest rooms. It is named for our daughter, Nan Toder who was brutally murdered by the maintenance man in a suburban Chicago motel in December 1996. She had her bags packed and stored behind her room door as she was very cautious. She thought the connecting room door was locked, too. However, the murderer (who had a criminal record) had 'fixed' it so it would not lock. He used his pass key to enter the adjoning room door, strangled her & slashed her with a machete. We'd like a petition to the Pennsylvania legislature to require background checks. We hope other states will also consider passing such an obviously needed law.See www.nanslaw.org for more information. Thank you, Lin & Sol Toder

President Obama has repeatedly failed to use the clemency and commutations process that is within his power. He has granted clemency more rarely than any modern president. Under Obama an applicants chance of getting his or her sentence commuted is about 1 in 5000. This is the worst record of any modern president. Our judicial system over the past 30 years has become unbalanced to the extreme. Obama's callous disregard of the process of pardons and commutations is a shame. Please sign my petition and make others aware of this issue.

My son on June 15, 2008 experienced a fatal gun-fire in the city of Detroit. The Detroit Police department transported Derry in a police car to the Sinai Hospital. The Crime Victim Assistance Program distributed funds to an individual or group stating they paid for Derry's funeral expenses. The state of Michigan released a check to someone other than the parent or the undertaker in charge. The homicide case is stilling under investigation. The hospital perform surgery on a dead body.

When you prove a police officer is lying in court or about anything they should be prosecuted to full extent of the law.

I have not been personally affected by what Grover Norquist is pulling, but I have been outraged! I don't see how he can get these Congressmen to sign that pledge and then hold it over their heads if they don't stick to it.

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett should be indicted for his years of inaction in his role as Attorney General during the Penn State scandal. His intentional ignorance for personal political interests directly resulted in the abuse of countless innocent children at the hands of predator Jerry Sandusky.

.Whether true or not this story has the potential to undermine all faith in the electoral system and the rule of law. If people believe this story then it will be easy to see any unexpected result as fraudulent. So it needs to be investigated and doubts laid to rest.

Two states have currently legalized marijuana, but the federal government is still cracking down on users (especially on california dispensaries). Legalizing marijuana is a state issue, and the federal government should leave it to the states to decide their own marijuana laws.

Illinois is the only state that does not allow people to carry concealed weapons. The NRA and other gun-industry groups are lobbying the Illinois legislature to pass a concealed carry bill. Concealed carry would bring more guns into public places and make it much more difficult for police to get guns off the streets. Sign the petition and tell the Illinois legislature that we do not want concealed carry in Illinois.

I have seen first hand the efect this has had on family across this nation With MM sentence on steet couner inmates that have not comminted or convicted of any act of violents

Rescind Measure # 11. Make retroactive