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Joe Biden on death penalty

By "Persian Cowboy"

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The following information were taken from About.com and OntheIssues.org Death Penalty - Strongly Retentionist: Biden's record on death penalty reform is the weakest of any of the 2008 Democratic candidates. He is a supporter of capital punishment, and holds the distinction of being the author of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (often referred to as the "Biden crime bill"), which expanded the federal death penalty to include drug trafficking, a nonviolent offense. Biden Law of 1994 created several new capital offenses Biden is credited for authoring several significant pieces of legislation in the area of federal law enforcement, including The Violent Crime Control & Law Enforcement Act of 1994, widely known as the Biden Law, which: Banned the manufacture of 19 specific semiautomatic "assault weapons"Allocated more money to build prisons & set up bootcamps for delinquent minorsDesignated 50 new federal offenses, including gang membership, and created several new federal death penalty offenses, including murders related to drug dealing, drive-by shooting murders, civil rights-related murders, murders of federal law enforcement officers, and death caused by acts of terrorism or weapons of mass destruction...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on August 24, 2008 (boomark / email).