Ayanna Pressley Spearheads Effort Urging Federal Government To Continue Its Capital Punishment Moratorium

Ayanna Pressley Spearheads Effort Urging Federal Government To Continue Its Capital Punishment Moratorium

Common Dreams
By Brett Wilkins

Arguing that "the death penalty is cruel, racist, and fundamentally unjust," U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley led more than two dozen congressional Democrats in calling on the Biden administration to continue its 18-month pause on federal executions last week.

When You Go Down On Corruption Charges In Massachusetts, Try To Make Them Federal Crimes, Not State Crimes
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When You Go Down On Corruption Charges In Massachusetts, Try To Make Them Federal Crimes, Not State Crimes

NBP Editorial Board

An elected official can lobby his former colleagues on Beacon Hill if he has committed a federal crime but not if he has committed a state crime.

That's what the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court said last week.

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