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How Can State Leaders Still Cling to Death Penalty?

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That's the title of Dan Rodricks' latest column in the Sunday edition of the Baltimore Sun.  LINKThe death penalty in the hands of politicians: Few things seem as twisted and as troubling as the matter of state-sponsored executions authorized by men and women with large nameplates pinned to their lapels. While in the ideal they might be devoted to public service and to representative democracy, what most of them seek, first and foremost, is name recognition and re-election. And in a nation as violent as ours, re-election has required being tough on crime, and being tough on crime has required support of capital punishment.That has been the instruction in American politics for a generation; even alleged liberals Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton supported the death penalty...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 23, 2009 (boomark / email).