Democrats to Introduce Bill to Ban Federal Death Penalty
Source: Bloomberg News
A group of Democrats led by Representative Ayanna Pressley and Senator Richard Durbin will introduce legislation to ban the federal death penalty following the resumption of executions by the Trump administration after a 17-year hiatus.
“Ending the federal death penalty -- which is as cruel as it is ineffective in deterring crime -- is a racial justice issue and must come to an end,” Pressley, said in a statement. “We must finally abolish this inhumane form of punishment and put an end to Donald Trump’s unprecedented killing spree.”
The proposed Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act of 2021 would prohibit capital punishment at the federal level and require re-sentencing of those on death row. Pressley, a Massachusetts representative, and Durbin, a senator from Illinois, will be joined by 70 members of Congress in introducing the legislation.
The first federal execution since 2003 was carried out last July under an order from then-Attorney General William Barr.
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-12/democrats-to-introduce-bill-to-ban-federal-death-penalty
Not now.
There are traitors to American democracy in our midst.
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Good job GrOPers. 
