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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Here's Obama, when he ordered the review: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/03/us/flawed-oklahoma-execution-deeply-troubling-obama-says.html?hpw&rref=us&_r=0 …pic.twitter.com/KIKtqoqtak
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In late 2015, Bob Egelko wrote a piece saying Obama could consider commuting all of federal death row. http://www.sfchronicle.com/national/article/Obama-considers-clemency-for-62-federal-Death-Row-6659262.php …pic.twitter.com/DVgoCHfjD0
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Instead of 62 ... it was 2 ... this week. https://www.buzzfeed.com/dominicholden/obama-manning-decision?utm_term=.lkGogy0m35#.luJpPmN9QD …pic.twitter.com/eardrjePTM
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Chris Geidner Retweeted Gabriel Malor
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@gabrielmalor points out, the fed death penalty is a law passed by Congress, so it's up to them to end it.https://twitter.com/gabrielmalor/status/822319404713005058 …Chris Geidner added,
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In the absence of political will to do so, of course, the way to protect the rights of unpopular people often falls to the courts ...
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... or to finding an executive (convincing one person is a lot easier than convincing a majority of lawmakers) willing to act.
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And so, those are the paths abolitionists have chosen in places where the legislatures have been unmoving. In Delaware, they went to all 3!
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Del. legislature came very close to repeal, & gov supported repeal ... but then state Supreme Court effectively ended the death penalty.
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So, yeah, it's all complicated & a bit of a mess, but there's no question that Obama ordered a death penalty review & DOJ never finished it.
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Or, if they did, they never told anyone about it.
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