As it turns out, a significant majority of Americans, about two-thirds, have liberal values. It depends, of course, on what specific issues you’re talking about, but this figure is an amalgam of our views on abortion rights, the death penalty, …
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The U.S. Needs To Abolish the Death Penalty
From this piece on the death penalty: In this past 50 years, the US has put to death at least 1,536 individuals, 34 per cent of them Black, and 8 per cent Latino. Study after study has shown the death …
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Death Penalty on Its Way Out
On Wednesday, March 13, California Governor Gavin Newsom made history by announcing that he would not allow the state to execute anyone on his watch. “Our death penalty system has been – by any measure – a failure. And as governor, …
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Reversing Catholic Doctrine, Pope Francis Declares Death Penalty ‘Inadmissable’ in All Cases
Check this out. There seems to be no end to this man’s humanitarian bent. 1600 years of Catholicism: essentially no change. Enter Pope Francis: a complete reversal of dozens of issues, all in favor of decency and compassion, in just a …
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