Rounding up capital commentary in response to AG Barr's effort to restart the federal machinery of death
Unsurprisingly, Attorney General William Barr announcement of a change in the federal execution protocol and scheduling of five federal executions (basics here) has prompted lost of reactions from the commentariat. Here is just a sampling of some notable reactions and discussions I have seen:
From The Atlantic, "Barr Doesn't See What's Wrong With the Death Penalty"
From Fox News, "Robert Blecker: AG Barr is right to resume death penalty for vicious killers"
From Fox News, "Hannah Cox: AG Barr is wrong to resume executions -- Death penalty goes against conservative principles"
From The Hill, "The death penalty is racially biased, fiscally irresponsible and very inaccurate"
From The Intercept, "With Federal Executions Looming, the Democrats' Death Penalty Legacy Is Coming Back to Haunt Us"
From New York magazine, "The Death Penalty Is Already a Farce. William Barr’s Plan Might Make It Torturous."
From Slate, "Trump’s Death Penalty Obsession Won’t Stem the Tide Against Executions"
From Spectator USA, "The death penalty is red tape threaded into a noose: On conservative grounds it is no longer defensible"
From Time, "Why the Justice Department's Plan to Use a Single Drug for Lethal Injections Is Controversial"
From The Washington Examiner, "Former death penalty proponent Biden flip-flops as federal cases advance"
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