Biden “opposes the death penalty now and in the future,” press secretary TJ Ducklo said. Federal executions resumed this year despite the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 250,000 people and is raging inside the nation's prison systems. Andrew Harnik/AP US President-elect Joe Biden is against the death penalty. Higgs’ attorney, Sean Nolan, said his client didn’t kill anyone, had ineffective attorneys and didn’t deserve the death penalty. A September report by the Washington, DC-based Death Penalty Information Centre said Black people remain overrepresented on death rows, including federal death row.

Source: Stuff November 21, 2020 17:03 UTC