Louisiana fails to advance death penalty repeal

[politicallefty]

It could be the first Southern state to abolish the death penalty.

Louisiana considers ending the death penalty:

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While this bill would not be retroactive, it would be one of the biggest moves toward death penalty abolition ever in the United States. Not including WV, no Southern state has abolished the death penalty. Governor Edwards is noncommittal on the issue, which gives death penalty opponents a lot of ground. If the Louisiana Legislature manages to get a death penalty repeal bill to the Governor's desk, it will mean there will have been significant bipartisan support.

I have a hard time believing Governor Edwards would veto a death penalty abolition bill from a strongly Republican Legislature.

[pbrower2a]

The death penalty is beginning to look increasingly barbarous and ineffective in America. If Angola (which I have sardonically renamed "An-GULAG") Penitentiary isn't a deterrent to crime,  then not even death can be.

 

[Skill and Chance]

This is rather amazing to see.  If a Deep South state actually abolishes it, that would almost surely mean the tide has permanently turned on the issue.

[DrScholl]

Louisiana is 30% Catholic and considering that the church is anti-death penalty, it isn't surprising that this is on the table there. Much of the Republican strength in the state is centered on heavily Catholic parishes.

[Illiniwek]

YAAAAS

[JA]

YAAAAS

[Zioneer]

Awesome! The death penalty is barbaric and useless, and if a state like Louisiana can do it...

[publicunofficial]

Louisiana flashing it's pro-life bona-fides.

[TDAS04]

Good.

[White Trash]

Louisiana flashing it's pro-life bona-fides.

Pro-life from the womb to the tomb.

[fhtagn]

YAAAAS

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

YAAAAS

[GoTfan]

Louisiana flashing it's pro-life bona-fides.

Pro-life from the womb to the tomb.

Another fantastic quote from our favourite Blue Dog

[Middle-aged Europe]

Strongly Approve.

[Since I'm the mad scientist proclaimed by myself]

Wow. I think Nebraska did this as well(only for the voters to strike it down ). This is a good sign. Now we just need to hope that it isn't stopped by the ballot box.

[White Trash]

Louisiana flashing it's pro-life bona-fides.

Pro-life from the womb to the tomb.

Another fantastic quote from our favourite Blue Dog

Thanks bud

[RINO Tom]

I don't feel overly strongly about this issue - and get very turned off when people act like supporting the execution of a monster makes one "bloodthirsty" - but I support this.  If a state wants to ban the death penalty, I think that's a net positive.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Good.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Meh. If we are not willing to work to restructure the appeals system and go back to the guillotine or firing squad, no sense keeping the death penalty.

[TarHeelDem]

As someone who is against capital punishment this is very encouraging to me. I also think signing a ban would be quite the feather in Edwards' cap for a hypothetical 2020 run.

[Miles]

FS!

[Green Line]

The voters will put a stop to it, just like they did in Nebraska and California.  The only place this is gaining steam is among the elite, who want to boost the prison population.

[Suburbia]

The voters will put a stop to it, just like they did in Nebraska and California.  The only place this is gaining steam is among the elite, who want to boost the prison population.

If you do a crime, do the time. Stop making excuses for criminals. We can't have criminals roaming the streets doing their crap that got them in jail.

Eh on this issue.

[Ronnie]

The voters will put a stop to it, just like they did in Nebraska and California.  The only place this is gaining steam is among the elite, who want to boost the prison population.

If you do a crime, do the time. Stop making excuses for criminals. We can't have criminals roaming the streets doing their crap that got them in jail.

Eh on this issue.

Because clearly there's absolutely nothing wrong with the U.S. having 25% of the world's prison population when it makes up 5% of the world's total population, right?

[Green Line]

The voters will put a stop to it, just like they did in Nebraska and California.  The only place this is gaining steam is among the elite, who want to boost the prison population.

If you do a crime, do the time. Stop making excuses for criminals. We can't have criminals roaming the streets doing their crap that got them in jail.

Eh on this issue.

Because clearly there's absolutely nothing wrong with the U.S. having 25% of the world's prison population when it makes up 5% of the world's total population, right?

He is for prison overcrowding.  It's inhumane.