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Biden Fails a Death Penalty Abolitionist’s Most Important Test

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The mystery of Joe Biden’s views about capital punishment has finally been solved. His decision to grant clemency to 37 of the 40 people on federal death row shows the depth of his opposition to the death penalty. And his decision to leave three of America’s most notorious killers to be executed by a future administration shows the limits of his abolitionist commitment. The three men excluded from Biden’s mass clemency—Dylann Roof, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, and Robert Bowers—would no doubt pose a severe test of anyone’s resolve to end the death penalty. Biden failed that test.

Death Sentences For Brothers In Belarus Also 'A Punishment For Their Families'

Two brothers who killed their next-door neighbor in the town of Cherykau were sentenced to death this month by a Belarusian court.

The country is the last in Europe to impose the death penalty.

In interviews with Current Time, the convicts' mother and sister expressed their grief, saying that the sentence also inflicts a harsh punishment on the family.

RELATED Belarus: Two brothers sentenced to death for murdering former teacher







Source: rferl.org, Staff, January 30, 2020


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