William Barr’s Lame-Duck Execution Spree Is Unprecedented

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The last time a presidential administration did anything remotely similar, an actual executioner was in office.

in 80 percent of the cases federal prosecutors referred to the department for consideration as capital prosecutions. In 72 percent of the cases approved for prosecution, the defendants were persons of color.

Citing his concern about patterns of racial discrimination and other problems in the death penalty system, President Barack Obama52 percent of the inmates awaiting execution at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, a figure only slightly lower than the 55 percent found on state death rows.

 

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This is horrific. Reminds me of the concentration camp guards machine gunning political prisoners in Germany moments before Allied troops and tanks rolled up to the gates. The Nazis used to say to prisoners: 'No matter what, there will always be just enough time to shoot you.'

He is despicable. Christian man. I think not.

He's so 'pro life.' What a disgusting hypocrite.

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