Tag: Racial Justice Act
Posted on Tue Aug 04, 2015 at 08:33:58 AM EST
Tags: Metzenbaum, Racial Justice Act (all tags)
Continuing from the last post on the battle between Joe Biden and Pres. H.W. Bush, with each claiming to be tougher on Crime: There was one voice of reason at the hearing: Sen. Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio. Here's what he said about why the Racial Justice Bill should not be dropped from the new bill that would implement 30 to 50 new death penalty offenses: (Cite is 137 Cong Rec S 8263
Mr. METZENBAUM. Mr. President, I rise to oppose any effort to remove the Racial Justice Act amendments from the death penalty provisions of the crime bill. If a crime bill with numerous death penalty provisions is to pass this body, it is critical that we deal with the obvious discriminatory nature of death penalty sentences.
The Racial Justice Act has nothing to do with whether you are for or against the death penalty. It is about racial discrimination.[more...]
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