Martin O’Malley responds to Hillary Clinton’s support for the death penalty

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Eric Bradner @ericbradner
A Dem split on the death penalty: @HillaryClinton is critical but would keep it; @MartinOMalley would abolish it. https://t.co/6Mj8lJbSuh


Sam Stein ?@samsteinhp 6h6 hours ago
O’Malley responds to Clinton’s support for the death penalty




Alex Seitz-Wald @aseitzwald
More Clinton in NH: "I do not favor abolishing" death penalty, just making it "very limited."


O'Malley for NH ?@omalleyfornh 4h4 hours ago
FLASHBACK: "Repealing Death Penalty Was A “Major Achievement For @MartinOMalley Who Pushed Hard For It.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-much-needed-demise-of-marylands-death-penalty/2013/03/25/71b12b70-919e-11e2-bdea-e32ad90da239_story.html … #nhpolitics




Martin O'Malley ?@MartinOMalley 6h6 hours ago
I abolished the death penalty in Maryland because it is fundamentally at odds with our values. #ActionsNotWords


Martin O'Malley ?@MartinOMalley 6h6 hours ago
The death penalty is racially biased & an ineffective deterrent. I repealed it in MD & would do the same as Pres.

[elleng]

1. I abolished the death penalty in Maryland because it is fundamentally at odds with our values.

[Vattel]

2. when he's right he's right.

[loyalsister]

3. I don't see how anyone can legitimately claim to take a stand for racial justice and support the DP

More people of color, arrested, and poor means that there is a greater chance that they would be sentenced to death than a white person. If a person knows about these biases and is not horrified, there is something very wrong.

[Scootaloo]

7. But I can see how someone could falsely claim to, and support the death penalty

And using prisons as revenue farms, to boot.

[moobu2]

9. You might could see it but nobody does it.

[Scootaloo]

10. Quick on the defensive there, moobu2.

[loyalsister]

18. I agree

I find it difficult to believe that such a person has no idea that they are participating in modern slavery.
And, if a person can't bring themself to say "Black Lives Matter" there is no way I can trust them.

[restorefreedom]

4. the difference could not be more clear. nt

[Doctor_J]

5. more triangulation from Clinton

More decisive morality from Martin

[bigdarryl]

6. How's it triangulation she's for somthing that's very unpopular in the party

She could of said shes.against it just because that's where the party is but she didn't do that so I disagree with your assessment on here.

[kelliekat44]

8. She is for something with qualifications...what is wrong with that? I think that is a very honest

position to take. I am more in line with that position. I really was against the death penalty until Sandy Hook.

[frylock]

11. Putting innocent people on death row isn't going to bring those kids back.

[kelliekat44]

14. Wow!!! nt

[frylock]

15. Yes, it must be shocking for you to learn that innocent people are being wrongfully charged..

placed on death row, and than murdered by the state. But go ahead and make a compelling argument for the death penalty. I'm listening.

[Scootaloo]

23. Yeah, realizing that revenge and resurrection are different things can be a little shocking

[Doctor_J]

13. It's the very definition of triangulation

"I'm for it, but not really"

[loyalsister]

19. This is a huge contribution to the national conversation

The death penalty has not been discussed much except in a context of particular incidents during presidential campaigns.
It is time to address it with the problems we have seen recently.

[moobu2]

12. Gallop released a poll in 2014 that showed Maryland is the 2nd most Democratic state

and Omalley had large Democratic majorities in both state houses, so it wasn't that hard to get his agenda through. It wouldn't be that way on the Federal level, but anyway, the president would have very little influence on the >state< death penalty laws. I'm VERY anti-death penalty, but Hillary not supporting it's abolishment wouldn't matter much to me at all.

[askew]

16. Actually, it was incredibly hard to get passed in Maryland.

NAACP credited O'Malley with pushing it through after it failed the first time.

And quite frankly, deciding your position on polls not what is morally right is exactly what is wrong with Hillary. Serious lack of prinicples.

[bigtree]

24. right

...people don't realize just how entrenched conservatives are in my state. We harbor the worst of the worst along with our majority Democratic brethren. The legislature has always been divided and we lost a lot of ground in the last election.

[Scootaloo]

20. You're VERY anti-death penalty, but it's not that big an issue for you?

or at least not enough for you to look at either candidate speaking against it?

[moobu2]

21. The executive branch doesn't pass out death sentences.

[Scootaloo]

22. Well, not to Americans anyway.

However, I'm under the understanding that there are a lot of things the executive CAN do. Which is why issues like this are a feature of presidential campaigns.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

17. By tomorrow night Hillary will abolish the death penalty