Elizabeth Bruenig

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Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

Their moratorium didn't hold, but the idea that capital punishment was repaired in the interim is incorrect. If the citizens of a state vote to ban the death penalty, a person convicted there can still receive it — if they accidentally, unknowingly happen to be on federal land. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 18, 2021 Hibernated

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Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

In 1972's Furman v. Georgia, SCOTUS found that the death penalty violated the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Why? Because, justices wrote, the punishment is applied arbitrarily, capriciously, more a matter of fortune than a well-regulated justice system. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 18, 2021 Hibernated

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Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

Objections from local communities — including Native American tribes, who've had quite enough of the federal government executing their members — don't matter. Or rather: They could matter. Prosecutorial discretion is another factor in the arbitrariness of capital punishment. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 18, 2021 Hibernated