Biden is slacking on his anti-death penalty pledge while states, world take action

Jordan Rubin: U.S. state and other world leaders are doing more to eliminate the death penalty than President Biden.

for Sayfullo Saipov, who allegedly killed eight people in a 2017 terror attack in New York.

Whatever the merits of seeking capital punishment in these cases or any others, the current administration’s actions — and inactions — are tough to fully square with Biden’s pledge. At this point, a Republican administration could pick up where Trump and Barr left off. And there’s every reason to think that would happen if the GOP retakes the White House. Look no further than Sen. Tom Cotton’s response to Brown’s decision to clear her state’s death row. :capital punishment, expressing his disappointment that a state jury didn’t want it for convicted Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz.

And while support for the punishment has been relatively lower in recent years, it won’t surprise people to hear that a

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