O’Rourke’s stance on the death penalty has evidently changed since 2017. In an interview with Iowa Radio on Thursday, O’Rourke said he was morally opposed to the death penalty and would suspend its use at the federal level as president. But O’Rourke’s evolution on a matter like the death penalty is out of character. The O’Rourke presidential campaign did not respond to requests for an explanation of how or why his views on the death penalty evolved in the past two years. ), have long opposed the death penalty as well.

Source: Huffington Post March 21, 2019 02:15 UTC