'Shockingly,' Democrats Line up as Fast as They Can to Call on Biden to Quickly End the Federal Death Penalty
And so it begins. More than 40 Democrat lawmakers have signed a letter written by Squad member Ayana Pressley (D-MA), calling on the next administration to end the federal death penalty. Joe Biden, who once championed the federal death penalty, has recently pledged to end it. In the letter, a copy of which was obtained by CNN (of course), Pressley refers to the death as “callous disregard for human life.” “The current administration has weaponized capital punishment with callous disregard for human life. In the middle of our current public health crisis, the Department of Justice resum...