‘We are able to by no means entrust our governments with the appropriate to assume they’ve the knowledge to have the ability to resolve who ought to die.’
With 2,400 folks on demise row and executions up within the final 12 months, the talk on whether or not the demise penalty ought to nonetheless exist in america within the twenty first Century is again within the highlight.
A marketing campaign promise from President Joe Biden’s marketing campaign to “assist” finish capital punishment and a moratorium on federal executions have completed little to decelerate executions in some US states. Not too long ago, Oklahoma introduced plans to execute about one particular person a month from now till December 2024.
On UpFront, Sister Helen Prejean, an anti-death penalty activist, Catholic nun, and religious advisor to these on demise row, joins Marc Lamont Hill to debate capital punishment within the US.