{"id":171,"date":"2016-03-19T02:26:25","date_gmt":"2016-03-19T02:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melangedmaculateme.wordpress.com\/2016\/03\/19\/hillary-clintons-indefensible-stance-on-the-death\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:25:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:25:07","slug":"hillary-clintons-indefensible-stance-on-the-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2016\/03\/19\/hillary-clintons-indefensible-stance-on-the-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillary Clinton\u2019s Indefensible Stance on the Death Penalty"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nAs a trained defense attorney who once represented clients for violent crimes, Clinton has been long aware of how the criminal justice system works in theory versus reality. That she continues to defend the death penalty given everything we know about it now does not so much betray ignorance as indifference \u2014 or else just plain unwillingness to expend political capital on this issue, at least until the moment is right.<\/p>\n

\nThis, of course, is at odds with her grand promise to end the era of mass incarceration. In a CNN op-ed the day after he stood to ask his question in Columbus, [Ohio death row exoneree] Ricky Jackson pointed out this contradiction. \u201cThe fact that Clinton continues to hang on to this antiquated relic confuses me,\u201d he wrote. \u201cShe touts \u2018criminal justice reform\u2019 \u2014 and much reform is needed \u2014 but she misses one of the lowest hanging pieces of fruit.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nPerhaps it is true that Clinton will \u201cbreathe a sigh of relief\u201d if and when the death penalty finally ends. But that statement alone speaks volumes about her leadership \u2014 and the kinds of reforms she will be willing to deliver in the end. A vow to feel relieved when others finally win the fight against capital punishment is not exactly a profile in courage. Clinton knows full well that the death penalty \u2014 as it actually exists \u2014 is wrong. She\u2019s just not going to waste any power doing anything about it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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