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Democrats Scrub Death Penalty Opposition From Campaign Platform - For the first time in more than a decade, the Democratic Party platform includes no mention of abolishing the death penalty.

On Monday, the Democrats approved their 2024 platform, which includes no mention of the death penalty. This year’s platform marks the first time since 2004 the platform has not mentioned the death penalty (the 2008 and 2012 platforms called for making the punishment less arbitrary).

Public support for the death penalty has been gradually declining. A Gallup poll last year found that 65% of Democrats oppose the punishment.

The Democratic National Committee did not respond to an email asking if the party still supports abolishing the death penalty.

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some_guy ,

Former prosecutor doesn’t dislike murdering people found “guilty” at trial. Who woulda thought.

homesweethomeMrL ,

I think I’d pay some Dutchmen to set fire to Lord Snowden

nothingcorporate ,

https://lemmy.today/pictrs/image/7fd3f67f-8a6c-4729-8e34-7d7a037c07f5.jpeg

systemglitch ,

Good.

Infynis ,
@Infynis@midwest.social avatar

We’ll get to it after we eat the rich

DirkMcCallahan ,

The lefty side of me thinks: “We’re nominating a former prosecutor…what did we expect?”

The practical side of me thinks: “This is like Palestine/Israel. Sure, Harris could be better on this issue…but Trump is still a hundred times worse.”

tacosanonymous ,

The far right movement isn’t an excuse for everyone else to shift right.

Samvega ,

“They’re trying to make the world infinitely worse! We must oppose them by making the world a finite amount worse!”

DirkMcCallahan ,

Oh, I agree completely. I think it’s disgusting how the right has succeeded in shifting the Overton window a ridiculous amount over the past decade or so.

kescusay ,
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She hasn’t. She’s been consistently to the left of Biden on Gaza.

Antmz22 ,

Today’s Democrats are yesterday’s Republicans, that’s always been the purpose of the party.

Ratchet effect.

squid_slime ,

Read about the ratchet effect before down-voting, its interesting.

Eldritch ,

I already knew about it. Which is the reason I down voted the comment. It is interesting and something to be aware of. But that doesn’t make that comment any less oversimplified conspiracy porn.

MagicShel ,

It’s not huge on my priority list, but why? It’s just…bad. Maybe it’s popular with too many people in the center.

ETA: How can you have the Central Park 5 represent at the DNC and then do this??

kaitco ,

Honestly, there’s bigger fish to fry (pun only moderately intended).

If we didn’t have war in Ukraine, and war AND genocide in Gaza and two African countries at the moment, and then whatever the hell is happening in Venezuela and ascertaining its ramifications, along with stupid inflation on just what we need to live, and multiple generations locked out of homeownership or possibly even retirement due to a corporate greed-created housing crisis and predatory student loans, and a SCOTUS that is bent on removing the rights of just about anyone who isn’t a straight, white “Christian” man…then yeah, death penalty talk should have been on the table.

But, Harris is a politician, and all politicians have to focus on whichever sound bites can bring over those who are - astonishingly - undecided at this point. It’s naive to think that any candidate who has it “all” will get the nomination. That’s how Hilary got the nomination over Bernie, and it’s how we got Biden as well.

kescusay ,
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It blows my mind that anyone could be undecided now, but clearly there are folks out there who simply do not in any way follow the news or put any effort into understanding the candidates or issues until the very last minute.

It’s a mindset I simply don’t get.

WanderingVentra ,

It’s insane. You think those people just wouldn’t vote if they’re that uninformed, but nope, there must really be people out there who will vote based on the vibes they’re feeling that week or something.

The only way I could see it is if you’re a Republican voter who’s getting worried about Trump’s increasingly unhinged tweeting and speeches. But even then, considering what he’s done before, it’s hard to believe someone hitting that point now, so late.

Rhaedas ,

There are plenty of people out there who live by the "Never Vote Democrat" rule, regardless of not realizing that Democrat policies would probably help them, and Republican actions are why they are bad off now. Party line, do or die. How can you change that?

frezik ,

The President can blanket commute federal death penalty sentences. It’s been done in specific cases before:

deathpenaltyinfo.org/president-obama-commutes-two…

Would just need the some White House lawyers to draw up the paperwork, and it’s done for at least one administration. Literally the minimum that could be done.

Most death penalty cases are at the state level, of course. Even if they have Democrats in the governor’s office, this power will depend on the individual state constitution.

voracitude ,

Just a few loose ends to tie up in the Courts, we only need it a little longer…

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