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Hickenlooper says he'd suspend death penalty as president
The HillFormer Colorado Governor and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate John Hickenlooper, said Wednesday that he would suspend the death penalty if he were elected to the White House.
Hickenlooper, who officially launched his presidential campaign earlier this month, said the death penalty "makes no sense" during a CNN presidential town hall in Atlanta.
Its expensive, it prolongs misery, and the worst thing, it is random. Depending on where that crime occurs and, in many cases, whether the killer is African American or Latino, that has a lot to do with who gets tried on a death penalty charge," he said. "The random injustice of that is something this country should never stand for.
The vast majority of cases in the federal death penalty system, Id have to be suspicious just to start, he added. I certainly would suspend the death penalty.
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Hickenlooper says he'd suspend death penalty as president (Original Post)
brooklynite
Mar 2019
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WeekiWater
(3,259 posts)1. K&R NT
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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jberryhill
(62,444 posts)2. Since 1963, three people have been executed by the federal government
Last edited Thu Mar 21, 2019, 08:41 AM - Edit history (2)
The most recent was in 2003.
I'm opposed to the death penalty, but this is not much of anything.
The headline might as well be "Hickenlooper promises to continue Trump record of zero federal executions". Whoop-de-doo.
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beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)3. not a smart move as there are crimes worthy of execution
timothy McVeigh, Ted Bundy, etc
society doesn't owe those people any life
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