Ayanna Pressley condemns reinstatement of Boston bomber death penalty

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : The Sixth Amendment nonetheless guaranteed him a fair trial before an impartial jury.
39% : The death penalty is a cruel and inhumane punishment that has no place in society.'
38% : I don't imagine they would have an issue with the death penalty for this guy.'
38% : Mike Dreyer, another Twitter user, wrote: 'It should be up to the victim's families on whether the death penalty should be implemented, not you!'
34% : The president, a Catholic, has voiced personal concerns about capital punishment in the country.
29% : Many took to social media to criticize Pressley's statement against the death penalty
21% : A Twitter user with the handle IdahoGabe also criticized Pressley's statement and questioned why life in prison would be a better sentence than the death penalty.
3% : U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, who oversees part of Boston, condemned the Supreme Court's decision to reinstate the death penalty for Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar TsarnaevDzhokhar Tsarnaev, 28, is on death row at Colorado's supermax prison for his role in the deadly bombing the deadly bombing that shook Boston in 2013Pressley called on the US to get rid of the death penalty and blamed the courts ruling on the conservative majority, who all ruled to reinstate Tsarnaev's sentenceOn April 15, 2013, Tsarnaev and his brother, Tamerlan, set off bombs at the finish line of the marathon race, killing three and injuring more than 260 peoplePressley also called on fellow congress members to pass her proposed legislation to ban the death penalty and urged President Joe Biden to take executive action and halt federal executions.

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