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Regarding Death Penalty, Biden’s Actions Don’t Align with His Mouth
Loaded on May 1, 2024
by Douglas Ankney
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2024, page 37
Filed under:
Commentary/Reviews,
Criminal Prosecution,
Statistics/Trends,
Death Penalty.
Location:
United States of America.
by Douglas Ankney
In an 1829 letter, Pres. Andrew Jackson (D) told the Creek Nation of Indigenous Americans that he was speaking “straight, and not with a forked tongue” when he promised those who evacuated from Alabama would enjoy new lands in Mississippi “forever.” Almost two centuries later, another Democratic ...
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