Hillary supports the death penalty even though it's more racist than killer cops

[jfern]

She just reaffirmed support for it.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-death-penalty_56310eb4e4b00aa54a4c48c9

42% of those on death row are black.

http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/FactSheet.pdf

30% of those killed by the police are black
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/apr/21/police-kill-more-whites-than-blacks-but-minority-d/?page=all

Black lives matter, so it's time to abolish the death penalty.

[kelliekat44]

1. I don't like the death penalty but I agree it should not be taken off the table just used in extreme

cases. Our job is to keep innocent people out of jail and to see that the death penalty is ONLY used for the most extreme mass murder and brutal killings. To infer that ONLY blacks have died under the death penalty is wrong in the face of facts.

[Recursion]

2. Along with Governor O'Malley, I respectfully disagree

The death penalty is counterproductive and cannot be administered in a way that is good for society. There is no "good" way for the state to take a life in cold blood.

As Governor, O'Malley oversaw the abolition of capital punishment in Maryland. I don't pretend to think he could oversee that same change throughout the United States in a single term or two, but I think he is clearly the most clear advocate on this question, and I think he's absolutely right: capital punishment does not serve the interests of justice or of society.

[mwooldri]

3. I can not in good conscience support the death penalty.

Partly because of my faith. What part of "thou shalt not kill" don't people get? A lifetime behind bars could be considered a harsher penalty than death - after all the victims have to live with it for the rest of their lives too.

I don't know the statistics but I question whether a disproportionate number of African Americans are wrongly convicted of crimes they didn't commit. I suspect this may be the case, though I cannot back it up with facts right now.

[Scuba]

4. Yet some still insist she's a progressive.

[JaneyVee]

5. Aren't there more whites on death row than anyone else?

[jfern]

6. A lower percentage than those killed by the police who are white

[restorefreedom]

8. only in raw numbers

because of the large % of whites in the general pop. but as a percentage of who is in the population, poc are way more likely to be sentenced with dp

[azmom]

7. K&R