05-25-2016, 12:49 PM
Bernie Sanders issued a statement reiterating his long-standing opposition to the death penalty, for Dylann Roof or anybody else. In his view, the death penalty is in contrast with American morals and it doesn't deter crime. Roof and criminals like him should be imprisoned for life, without the possibility of parole, in Sanders' opinion.
Obama and Clinton have both said in the past that the death penalty is troubling, though they understand or support it in some egregious cases, but I haven't seen either comment on Roof's case specifically yet.
I kinda think if the hateful piece of shit was convicted and put in a South Carolina prison for life -- without being put in isolation -- the outcome would be the same as if he'd been formally sentenced to death (only he'd be dead sooner).
Most of the family members of the victims are of strong faith, based on their past interviews. I know that not all of them support the death penalty. I think that will be a bit of a challenge for prosecutors, like it was in the Tsarnaev Boston Bomber trial.
Obama and Clinton have both said in the past that the death penalty is troubling, though they understand or support it in some egregious cases, but I haven't seen either comment on Roof's case specifically yet.
I kinda think if the hateful piece of shit was convicted and put in a South Carolina prison for life -- without being put in isolation -- the outcome would be the same as if he'd been formally sentenced to death (only he'd be dead sooner).
Most of the family members of the victims are of strong faith, based on their past interviews. I know that not all of them support the death penalty. I think that will be a bit of a challenge for prosecutors, like it was in the Tsarnaev Boston Bomber trial.