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Showing Original Post only (View all)"The 2020 Democratic Field, Minus Joe Biden, Embraces a Death Penalty Moratorium" [View all]
I Posted Biden in 1991 being proud about his 51 death penalty provisions - and he didn't care whether there was a racial provision or not. People objected to it being 28 years ago. So here we have this - up to date story about the same thing. It is good to consider people's change - or not - over time.
Democrats running for president in 2020 are rushing to cheer Governor Gavin Newsom, after the recently inaugurated California Democrat signed an executive order to halt further executions in his state.
The first two candidates to make public statements on Newsoms order were Californias own Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), both of whom have focused their campaigns in part on criminal justice reform and the countrys incarceration of people of color.
...But there is one likely candidate who has previously taken a different path. As a U.S. senator, Joe Biden helped write the 1994 crime bill that expanded the application of the death penalty, saying at one point that we have predators on our streets who are beyond the pale. Sanders voted for it too, though he framed it as a compromise measure.
After one Republican had complained that an earlier crime bill coddled criminals, Biden replied, in support of the law, that "we do everything but hang people for jaywalking." A request for comment made to Bidens spokesperson was not returned.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-2020-democratic-field-minus-joe-biden-embraces-a-death-penalty-moratorium
Other thread:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287118633
1991 C-span link:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4793704/joe-biden-crime-bill
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"The 2020 Democratic Field, Minus Joe Biden, Embraces a Death Penalty Moratorium" [View all]
bloom
May 2019
OP
It's said that "The first two candidates to make public statements on Newsom's order" are....
George II
May 2019
#9
Link for 2016 quote...it is not in Vox article..you truly should be ashamed to post
Demsrule86
May 2019
#24
That's a huge stretch. He wasn't asked about the individual provisions in the bill, he was asked...
George II
May 2019
#29
I don't see any reason to support Warren but I don't search for attached KS on her.
Demsrule86
May 2019
#25
Apparently you have a tough time deciphering abbreviations. Even after they're explained!
oldsoftie
May 2019
#39
Joe Biden does not have a "lot of racial problems". Good lord. Pres Obama picked HIM.
oldsoftie
May 2019
#35
To all the posters here and the OP...do you not think the gopee and Russians read every word
Thekaspervote
May 2019
#44