Trump Ends Obama Moratorium on Executions Despite Death Row Racial Disparities


Published on Jul 29, 2019

The Trump administration ends President Obama’s moratorium on federal death penalty executions, despite concerns about racial disparities on death row. While the move changes the method of lethal injection to reduce pain — following the Texas model — the risk of executing an innocent person remains. What’s the role of capital punishment in an advanced, humane, society? Should small government Constitutional conservatives endorse the federal government’s ultimate power to wield the sword against its own citizens?

 

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.