It is Time for the Biden Administration to Join the Rest of the World in Moving Against the Death Penalty

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : It is time for him to put this country on record as committed to ending the death penalty.
46% : Her action spares the lives of 17 inmates awaiting execution who will now serve life in prison without the possibility of parole.
45% : Those states wishing to abolish the death penalty within their jurisdiction may choose to ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR."
45% : Her decision marks another significant milestone in the struggle to end the death penalty in the United States.
45% : That would be much better than another opposition vote, and it would allow the administration to respect the decisions of jurisdictions in this country that want to continue to use the death penalty.
42% : More than two-thirds of all countries have abolished the death penalty in either law or practice.
41% : Brown pulled no punches in making clear her opposition to the death penalty.
41% :The Leadership Conference reminded the President that "The United States is an outlier in the international community when it comes to the death penalty.
40% : The United States should acknowledge that the death penalty cannot be squared with a commitment to human rights.
39% : On Thursday the United Nations General Assembly will vote on a resolution to establish a worldwide "moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty."
39% : She said that her commutation "reflects the recognition that the death penalty is immoral.
38% : An abolitionist President should not allow his administration to be silent about the death penalty on the international stage.
36% : The world was reminded of the sheer brutality of state killing when Iran hanged two people for protesting against the current regime.
35% : Many of our allies expressed shock and outrage at Iran's use of the death penalty.
34% : Doing so would send a strong signal of where he wants to lead the country on this issue and also would lend support to groups working to end the death penalty both in this country and in nations like Saudi Arabia, China, North Korea, and Iran which still use it.
32% : Experts on human rights have called for the complete abolition of the death penalty, saying that it is 'almost impossible' to administer the death penalty without violating the human rights of defendants....
18% :Brown explained that "Since taking office in 2015, I have continued Oregon's moratorium on executions because the death penalty is both dysfunctional and immoral."

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