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Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol on Sunday slammed states that had repealed the death penalty because he said that executions were an important symbol of justice.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 states 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 dont find it to be moral, I dont 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, Ive 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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