Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20150107:06:44:00
Mario cuomo was opposed to the death penalty on all cases on practical and of course in his cases moral grounds. the death penalty was a purely academic point in the state of new york. after mario cuomo was defeated by a republican running hard on the death penalty, no one was actually executed by the state of new york. all mario cuomo had to do was see the light, as some politicians called it, adjust his position to the current realities. he didn't have to do a full reversal on the death penalty. he could have just come out in favor of the death penalty for criminals who kill cops. by 1994, m...