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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepublicans Move to End Death Penalty
February 19, 2019 at 1:09 pm EST By Taegan Goddard
Republican lawmakers in at least six states are pushing to eliminate the death penalty, signaling a broader reversal by many conservatives on an issue that has long been a bedrock for their party, the Wall Street Journal reports.
In Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana and Wyoming, Republicans in legislatures controlled by their party have sponsored bills this year to end capital punishment, citing fiscal and moral concerns. Some Republicans in New Hampshire, where Democrats dominate the statehouse, are backing a similar proposal.
The about-face on an issue that has long been key to the GOPs tough-on-crime credo is the latest sign of a nationwide, bipartisan shift on criminal justice reform.
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Republicans Move to End Death Penalty (Original Post)
DonViejo
Feb 2019
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NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)1. as a long time opponent of the death penalty
I welcome this change
RainCaster
(10,962 posts)2. The "law & order" GOP- are they afraid it could be used on DFT?
Why the sudden turn of heart?
What has changed inside the GOP for them to turn about on such a core issue?
BTW, I'm against the death penalty as well- the long appeals process is inhumane and expensive.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,563 posts)6. private prisons
There is a bigger opportunity for kickbacks in private prisons than in executions.
Mr. Frost
(75 posts)7. And right there is the correct answer.
It will go from death to slave labor.
Merlot
(9,696 posts)8. The for profit prison system would love to have more "lifers."
You can't make a profit on a dead inmate.
That's my cynical take. I'm a long time death penalty opposer, so this is good news no matter the motive.
Cyrano
(15,076 posts)3. Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana Wyoming?
Give. Me. A. Fucking. Break.
These states would as soon execute someone, as sneeze.
Something is going on here.
And it sure as hell isn't these neanderthal controlled states doing away with the death penalty.
MuseRider
(34,140 posts)4. The last execution in Kansas was in 1965 so please go on...............n/t
spanone
(135,950 posts)5. Good.