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Obama and the death penalty

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

A quick primer on Obama in the death penalty that appeared some time ago in the Washington Post. “In a nutshell: He’s pro-death penalty but he is also pro-let’s not execute the wrong guy” Five years later, Obama waded into a complex capital-punishment debate after a number of exonerations persuaded then-Gov. George Ryan (R) to empty death row. Obama wrote in his recent memoir that he thinks the death penalty “does little to deter crime.” But he supports capital punishment in cases “so heinous, so beyond the pale, that the community is justified in expressing the full measure of its outrage by meting out the ultimate punishment.” In proposing changes, Obama met repeatedly with officials and advocates on all sides...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on November 04, 2008 (boomark / email).