House Dem’s Bill Would End Federal Death Penalty

Splinter News reports:

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) is set to introduce a bill that will end the federal death penalty on the same day that Attorney General William Barr announced that the Justice Department will schedule at least five executions after a two-decade break.

Pressley’s bill is rather short. For those who have yet to be sentenced to death: “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person may be sentenced to death or put to death on or after the date of enactment of this Act for any violation of Federal law.”

The same #racist rhetoric coming from the occupant of the @WhiteHouse, who called for the execution of the #Exonerated5, is what led to this racist, vile policy. It was wrong then and it’s wrong now.

The cruelty is the point – this is by design.
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— Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (@RepPressley) July 25, 2019