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... starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn. Sarandon won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Prejean. She was present in Trenton, N.J., on Dec. 17, 2007, when Gov. Jon Corzine signed legislation ending capital punishment in New Jersey, the first state to ... . There had been church editorials against capital punishment going back at least to the trial and executions of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in the 1920s, but it wasn't until 1956 that opposition to the death penalty became church policy.