Capital Punishment Abolition Amendment to the Constitution (Passed)

[Purple State]

     I've given this thought, & I'm not sure that capital punishment is something that should be necessarily ruled out for regions to use in extreme cases.

Why should it be any different than for the federal government?

     I would prefer generally decentralized power. Regions have the freedom to eliminate the death penalty themselves, but I don't see the great need to force it on a region that does not wish to forgo the option of using the death penalty.

I agree with this. I do not have any inherent opposition to the death penalty on ethical or moral grounds, but rather for financial reasons. Assuming a region is willing to undertake the financial burden of capital punishment, I do not believe the federal government should be able to compel them to remove the death penalty.

[Purple State]

While I do believe amendments should be sent to the people, I don't believe the 4 regions that have outlawed capital punishment should be able to force the other to outlaw it as well.

Abstain

[Purple State]

This amendment has enough votes to pass. Senators now have 24 hours to change their votes.

Is this because DWTL is gone and so our numbers are only equal to nine, rather than ten?

[Purple State]

I don't approve of the amendment, but that it goes next to the people lessens my concern.