Biden on Barr's announcement that the federal government will resume capital pumishment

[highplainsdem]

Link to tweet

Since 1973, over 160 individuals in this country have been sentenced to death and were later exonerated. Because we can’t ensure that we get these cases right every time, we must eliminate the death penalty.

[elleng]

1. Because we can't ensure that we get these cases right every time we must eliminate the death penalty

[forgotmylogin]

10. I agree with abolishment.

In lieu of that, I think the death penalty should only come into play in cases such as mass shootings or massacres with random targets (like Charlottesville) where there are numerous victims and witnesses, and/or actual video or security footage of the incident and there is absolutely no question who the perpetrator is.

[brer cat]

2. +++ nt

[Cha]

3. Excellent statement, Joe Biden.

Thank You, highplainsdem

[BootinUp]

4. With age comes wisdom. Nt

[George II]

5. trump couldn't get the Central Park Five so he's going after this five.

[oasis]

6. Kick and Rec. Joe taking leadership on important issue.

[Pachamama]

7. Wow....

[usaf-vet]

8. What about the kids and adults dying while in custody in border detention camps.

How about we solve that before we start executing other prisoners who aren't going anywhere.

[dflprincess]

9. Barr and Trump may want to rethink this

Treason has always been a capital crime.

(BTW, has anyone told Trump that one of prisoners on his list is a white supremacist? Look for that sentence to be commuted - unless Trump thinks killing this guy will make people think he's not a racist.)

[mudstump]

11. It's interesting that a bunch of criminals want to get tough on the rest of us.

[Cha]

12. Be careful what they want

to re-instate.

[WheelWalker]

13. I don't have that many core issues, but the death penalty is one. This is leadership.

K&R

[wiggs]

14. fine for the front runner. maybe later, or maybe someone else in dem leadership can

add with something that will make the evening news or the front page, such as 'some people just really want to kill other people and I don't understand that. I think we've seen over and over that this administration embraces sick cruelty for cruelty's sake. That ain't me.'

A finely crafted thoughtful statement needs to be enhanced and amplified with some deserved rudeness, these days. otherwise the front page is covered by a trump barf of some kind.

[EveHammond13]

15. I was kinda hoping for "Barr is a motherfucker."

[iluvtennis]

16. I use to believe in the death penaly 100% until I followed trials over the last 20 years and see

where horrendous mistakes are made. have also seen where folks are railroaded just to appease the public and folks are wrongly convicted (think Central Park 5).

Can't support it anymore.

[customerserviceguy]

17. It is true

that DNA evidence has cleared people convicted based on lesser evidence and/or testimony. But what about the situations where DNA has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that the accused did commit the crime? It's a two-edged sword, you know. We have only begun to use DNA evidence to solve cold cases with great certainty that could not be figured out with conventional evidence techniques.

[TreasonousBastard]

18. That's far from the only reason to eliminate the death penalty, but it's...

one that gets your attention.

After all if we could let the Green River Killer cop a plea and do life instead of the needle, what criminal does deserve death?