Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and a 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful, has called for the abolishment of the death penalty. Buttigieg, while speaking at the 2019 National Action Network Convention in New York City, outlined his vision for reforming the criminal justice system if elected president, which includes ending capital punishment. “The death penalty is immoral, discriminatory, ineffective, and proven to be unequally applied,” Harris tweeted following Newsom’s announcement in March. The death penalty in the U.S. disproportionately impacts people of color. “We insist that being pro-minority and being pro-racial justice not only can but must be compatible with being pro-rule of law,” Buttigieg said Thursday.

Source: Huffington Post April 04, 2019 15:09 UTC