'State-Sanctioned Murder Is Not Justice': Biden DOJ Seeks Death Penalty for Buffalo Shooter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : As The Associated Pressdetailed Friday:Garland instituted a moratorium on federal executions in 2021 pending a review of procedures.
42% : Although the moratorium does not prevent prosecutors from seeking death sentences, the Justice Department has done so sparingly.
25% : "Last summer, HuffPost's Jessica Schulberg reported on the Democratic president's lack of action and the looming GOP threat:The threat of a capital punishment enthusiast returning to the White House has the abolitionist community hoping Biden will grant clemency to those on federal death row before leaving office -- or that the Justice Department will at least stop seeking and defending death sentences.

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