Attorney General William Barr directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons Friday to set execution dates for three more death row inmates before President-elect Joe Biden takes office Jan. 20. When Barr announced the resumption of the death penalty last summer, Biden responded by saying it is time to get rid of capital punishment. "Because we can’t ensure that we get these cases right every time, we must eliminate the death penalty." “President-Elect Biden’s plan for strengthening America’s commitment to justice includes the elimination of the federal death penalty and Vice-President-Elect Harris is an original cosponsor of legislation we have introduced to eliminate the federal death penalty,” the lawmakers wrote in the letter. According to the Pew Research Center, "public support for the death penalty has tracked rates of violent crime," meaning that as violent crime rates drop, support for the death penalty drops.

Source: Fox News November 21, 2020 02:51 UTC