« on: February 17, 2023, 05:56:30 am »
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/pennsylvania-gov-josh-shapiro-says-wont-sign-execution-warrants-calls-rcna71108Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Thursday that he will not sign any execution warrants while in office and called on the General Assembly to abolish the death penalty.
"I will not issue any execution warrants during my term as governor. When an execution warrant comes to my desk, I will sign a reprieve each and every time," Shapiro, a Democrat, said at Mosaic Community Church in West Philadelphia, adding that the first execution warrant since he was sworn in crossed his desk last week.
"The Commonwealth shouldn’t be in the business of putting people to death. Period. I believe that in my heart. This is a fundamental statement of morality. Of what’s right and wrong."
Shapiro made his comments alongside state legislators, community activists and criminal justice advocates, noting that his view on capital punishment had evolved over the years.
While he was the state's attorney general, Shapiro indicated support for the death penalty in the case of Robert Bowers, the suspected gunman in the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting that left 11 people dead. Bowers' federal trial is scheduled to start in April.
Shapiro said Thursday that after having taken a close look at the criminal justice system as the state's chief law enforcement officer, he came to the realization that "the system is fallible, and the outcome is irreversible."
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