Rep. Cori Bush on Ending Federal Executions. “We can use clemency to right the wrongs of mass incarceration and the injustices in our criminal legal system. I’m urging President-elect Joe Biden to move beyond rhetoric and towards action," said Rep. Bush on The Appeal Live today. "He can end the death penalty with the stroke of a pen by commuting the sentences of people on death row."
What Joe Biden Can Do to Stop Federal Executions. Death Penalty Information Center’s Executive Director Rob Dunham spoke with The Appeals' Alana Sivin about the different ways that Biden can use his office to end the federal death penalty.
From The Lab: The Case For Cancelling Student Debt. More than 44 million Americans hold a total of about $1.6 trillion in student debt, creating significant financial hardship that had reached crisis proportions even before the pandemic triggered massive job losses. New polling shows that 55% of voters, including 52% of Republicans, support cancelling all current student debt.
Gavin Newsom’s High-Stakes Choice for California Attorney General. By appointing a reformer to replace the outgoing Xavier Becerra, Newsom has the chance to begin dismantling a sprawling, bloated system of prisons and jails that incarcerates nearly a quarter-million people.
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