Unless something's coming before noon, DOJ's longstanding review of the death penalty will ... not end (at least under Obama).
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@MauriceChammah wrote a bit about this over at@MarshallProj on Wednesday —>https://www.themarshallproject.org/2017/01/18/how-obama-disappointed-on-the-death-penalty#.93HnIRQdG …1 reply 2 retweets 9 likes -
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But this deserves much more space and writing. In the midst of this review, a fed'l judge held a mini-trial over the federal death penalty.
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The outcome was that the judge had a lot to criticize, but ultimately concluded it was up to
#SCOTUS to address it:https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/federal-judge-criticizes-death-penalty-but-concludes-only-su …1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes -
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Also during this review, Justice decided to prosecute more crimes — even ones that could have been state prosecutions — as fed death cases.
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In the case of Dylann Roof, Justice went forward with federal charges even where the state charges also included the death penalty.
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So you've touched on the judiciary and the executive branch. Isn't this something that should be left up to Congress?
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Also: Congress isn't leaving office in the morn.
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I take the short-cut to the source. I also think it should be abolished.
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I know what you think! I'm just saying.
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