NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Maintains Vigorous Opposition to Federal Death Penalty
July 25, 2019
July 25, 2019
NEW YORK, July 25 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news release:
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) is unequivocal in its belief that the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment and its administration is rife with errors that violate the 8th and 14th Amendments of the Constitution. Though many states have reached the same conclusion, the US Department of Justice announced today that it will resume federal executions via letha . . .
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) is unequivocal in its belief that the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment and its administration is rife with errors that violate the 8th and 14th Amendments of the Constitution. Though many states have reached the same conclusion, the US Department of Justice announced today that it will resume federal executions via letha . . .