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)....