DOJ to seek death penalty in Buffalo shooting case despite Biden 2020 pledge
NAACP LDF head Janai Nelson says the civil rights legal organization is "dismayed" at DOJ's decision, suggesting it lacks "leadership."
The weird thing about this case is that he's already been convicted on State charges, and is already serving life without parole. He isn't getting out. So why are the Feds even moving forward with this? He's no longer a danger to the public.
I suppose there's a tiny chance that he gets his convictions overturned on appeal, so the Feds might want to pile their charges on top to be super sure. But it seems excessive to ask for the Death Penalty on top of it all.
I suppose if nothing else, it shows that the Justice Department is making decisions independently of the White House, as it should.
it shows that the Justice Department is making decisions independently of the White House, as it should.
That is exactly my take as well. Glad to see it was already said.
I suppose if nothing else, it shows that the Justice Department is making decisions independently of the White House, as it should.
So do you think Biden didn't understand how the federal government worked when he made this campaign pledge or do you think he knowingly lied to voters about being able to do something he couldn't?
I think he had multiple priorities when deciding to name Merrick Garland as AG. Its obvious that Garland doesn't have the same ideas about the Death Penalty that Biden has, yet he named him anyway. Is that breaking a campaign promise?
do you think he knowingly lied to voters
He's been known to do that a lot even by politician standards, yeah.
It's a dog and pony show by DOJ trying to pretend like they're not completely subservient to the Republican Mob.
The death penalty is not about justice or making a punishment fitting for the crime. Its not about removing undesirables from society. On an ethical level the ONLY valid reason for the death penalty is to execute a criminal who could not possibly be safely confined in any other way. That's it, and any use that doesn't fit that case is little more justified than a state sponsored hanging.
Why should we keep a killer alive on tax dollars?
I pay taxes to help people that deserve it, not keep killers alive (as slaves in these private prisons for private profit or) in public prisons with three square meals and a free education.
Y'all wanna bitch about the death penalty on killers that deserve it instead of focus on the reality of homelessness and cost of living?
What the fuck
But the death penalty is well established to be significantly more expensive than life. It's not like we immediately take them out back and shoot them in the head.
It's expensive because of the means of execution (and investigation to determine qualifying fault) and we should be applying the required amount of investigation time FOR ALL CRIMES that put people behind bars, not JUST people sentenced to death.
I'd rather spend the money to insure someone actually deserves to die or be in prison rather than have questions AT ALL surrounding the potential of an innocent person being sent to prison or executed.
The amount of innocent people in prison is ludicrous and the amount of people in prison for completely asinine and incompetent laws is beyond ridiculous.
I feel you, I'm pro death penalty for shit like this, rapists, and pedos as well. Unfortunately with how broken our system is in the US, somehow the death penalty costs more than just keeping them alive on a life sentence. Unlimited appeals drawing out the court process, which costs money to have everyone involved there. If it were as simple as just taking them out back and blasting them, sure, but that's not what we've put in place
Agreed.
More money to investigations and less money to pretend humane ways to kill people. The only humane way to kill someone is a shot to the cerebellum, any other way is just a way to make the assholes killing someone and those watching feel better about themselves, it doesn't positively impact those being executed at all.
Even the "most humane" lethal injection is one of the worst ways to kill someone that I know of, and after several years in the military I would choose the actually humane option of a bullet over ANY dipshit politicians push for their incompetent and clearly inhumane suggestions that exist purely to profit chemical corporations.