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Matobar t1_j9lfpas wrote

Reply to comment by PEVEI in Supreme Court sides with Arizona death row inmate seeking to challenge sentence in federal court by AudibleNod

It, like many other things, is determined by who is running the show.

Congress is too divided right now to pass a bill outlawing the death penalty, so it's often up to individual jurisdictions to decide what to do about it.

Before President Trump, there hadn't been a federal death penalty execution since 2003. But he carried out 13 executions during the last year or so of his term.

Other states have similar records. Technically California, one of the biggest and most liberal states, has the death penalty as an option still, but it hasn't been used in over 17 years at this point.

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WalkerBRiley t1_j9lx62x wrote

Whichever side bans the death penalty loses the right wing entirely, as the right are the biggest defenders of it.

You know, the side the proclaims they follow Christ, the guy who was explicitly against killing?

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