Great news, but why is one of the most blood red states in the country enacting a far left policy?
Lol, it's not far left. The arguments against the death penalty range from racial bias, to fiscal conservatism as well as faith-based arguments. Anyone actually tethered in reality instead of intense, non-Christian, blood lust should be against the death penalty.
While no issue aligns perfectly with ideology (take the libertarian argument against right-to-work, etc.), it's clearly a left-right issue. The more liberal you are, the more likely you are to oppose the death penalty:
Liberal Supreme Court Justices such as Brennan and Marshall opposed the death penalty, whereas conservative Supreme Court Justices such as Scalia support it. Politically conservative states are more likely to have the death penalty than politically liberal ones. Politically liberal presidential nominees have opposed it (famously Dukakis) whereas no politically conservative ones have. Sites like Progressive Punch score anti-death penalty votes as positive. This is
reality. Arguing differently won't change it.
