2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What specific POLICY POSITIONS show Sec. Clinton to be "Not Liberal" or "Not a Democrat?" [View all]cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)"Mrs. Clinton faced sharp questions about her paid speeches, ties to Wall Street, hawkish foreign policy stances and refusal to support abolishing the death penalty. She expanded on recent comments she made about the death penalty at a town hall in New Hampshire, explaining that she supported capital punishment on the federal level only in extreme cases of terrorism or hate crimes. The shooting in June at a black church in Charleston, S.C., that left nine people dead, for example, should qualify for capital punishment, she said."
Not sure exactly how to read that. If there were a comma after the word only, it would seem as though she's stating her support for a death penalty only the feds could enforce. If the comma were after the word level, it would seem to me she's stating only a preference for what the feds could do and when, and leaving the rest up to the states.
And hey it would be cool if you could point me to the place at the link in your OP where she states she wants it abolished.