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Still, candidates avoid death-penalty debate

Still, candidates avoid death-penalty debateGuest ColumnistPublished Wednesday, March 26, 2008As contenders for the presidency tailor their campaigns to addresspredominately middle-class concerns ? health care, the economy, Iraq? they are giving short shrift to other issues that, though pressing,fail to capture the attention of their primary demographic.The rationale goes like this: If the core electorate ? middle-classAmerica ? does not care deeply about an issue, why expend thepolitical capital necessary to tackle it? And why risk provokingcontroversy?Thus, it is of little surprise that candidates have avoideddiscussing the plight of inmates on death row. Although all theremaining major party candidates hold a position on the death penalty? they support it ? rarely do they explain why...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on March 26, 2008 (boomark / email).