Biden's inaction on death penalty may be a top campaign issue as Trump and DeSantis laud executions
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Biden's inaction on death penalty may be a top campaign issue as Trump and DeSantis laud executions

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Capital punishment could emerge as a major campaign issue in the U.S. presidential race for the first time in 30 years, with top GOP rivals Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis already one-upping each other by touting tougher, more far-reaching death penalty laws. Meanwhile, death penalty foes are poised to draw attention to what Democrat Joe Biden hasn’t done as president: He has taken no action on or even spoken about his 2020 campaign pledge to strike capital punishment from U.S. statutes. “One juror," DeSantis said, "should not be able to veto a capital sentence.” Biden’s silence suggests he would rather the death penalty not become a campaign issue. Trump's record may have partly inspired DeSantis, said Melanie Kalmanson, a Florida attorney who writes the Tracking Florida’s Death Penalty blog, noting: “It seems that there's some sort of competition between the two” on capital punishment.

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