President Biden’s failure to make good on a campaign promise to eliminate the federal death penalty has paved the way for capital prosecutions to continue – including the trial for accused West Sid…
During the 2020 presidential race,that he would “work to pass legislation to eliminate the death penalty at the federal level, and incentivize states to follow the federal government’s example” if elected.
President Biden vowed to eliminate the federal death penalty while running for president, but hasn’t delivered on the promise.Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images “If you set a policy that says we are not seeking the death penalty, that’s not interference in individual cases. That’s a policy. That’s what Biden failed to do and that’s why the death penalty opponents are so frustrated,” he said.
“However, that does not mean it will never be imposed when and if a new president with potentially differing positions on the death penalty is elected,” she added.
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