Bill Kristol Slams Death Penalty Repeal: Executions Are An ‘Important Symbol’ Of American Justice

[Purveyor]

Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol on Sunday slammed states that had repealed the death penalty because he said that executions were an “important symbol” of justice.

Last week, Republican Nebraska lawmakers passed legislation that would repeal the state’s death penalty on the grounds that it was an example of a wasteful government program. The Republican governor vowed to veto the bill, but lawmakers suggested that they could have enough votes to overturn a veto.

During a panel discussion on ABC News, conservative CNN pundit S.E. Cupp asserted that the tide had turned, and that even many religious conservatives now opposed the death penalty.

“I don’t find it to be moral, I don’t find it to be just,” she said. “The wrongful convictions that we hear about all the time. It is costly, it is bankrupted entire counties. And so for me, I’ve been trying to convince fellow conservatives to have a change of heart on this issue.”

But Kristol said that he was “convinced” that executions were both “just” and an “important symbol.”

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http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/bill-kristol-slams-death-penalty-repeal-executions-are-an-important-symbol-of-american-justice/

[Adrahil]

1. And that's this week's episode of....

Bill Kristol is Wrong About Everything!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

2. And this week's episode of "S.E. Cupp, Like a Broken Clock... "

[Jackpine Radical]

3. The DP will be of increasing importance

as the Morlocks become increasingly unruly when their rations are cut.

Back to the Underworld and your sweatshops, you vermin!!