Pete Buttigieg Wants to Eliminate Death Penalty, Legalize Weed

[left-of-center2012]

In addition to changes to capitol punishment and marijuana laws, Buttgieg also wants to limit use solitary confinement in prisons and eliminate mandatory minimum sentencing. The plan also says he will be tightening the legal standard for police to use deadly force; creating a federal database of officers fired from police departments; and persuading states to disclose more data on law enforcment to see a correlation with race.

A police-involved shooting in his hometown turned the spotlight on Buttigieg’s history with race relations.

Christine Pelosi, a Democratic National Committee member, told the Times that Buttigieg appears to have evolved on issues of race, but could still have a tough time. “It is one thing to get credit for evolution and change but it is quite another to be there viscerally,” Pelosi said.

Many voters were exposed to Buttigieg for the first time at the debate, the Times notes. So Buttigieg has continued to work through the public ordeal just as national attention turns toward the presidential contest. Buttigieg has, however, enjoyed continued fundraising success, raising a stunning $24.8 million in the second quarter. That ultimately turned out to be more money than was raised by any other Democratic candidate.

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[Celerity]

1. I agree with these stances (and I am not a smoker) nt

[jayschool2013]

2. Yes. And Yes. NT

[customerserviceguy]

4. It may help him win the nomination

but opens him up to criticism in the general about being soft on crime.

Pete's pretty good at explaining his positions, though.