Re: From time to time I get the questions in advance

From:donna@brazileassociates.com To: balcantara@hillaryclinton.com CC: jpalmieri@hillaryclinton.com, john.podesta@gmail.com, Minyon.Moore@deweysquare.com Date: 2016-03-12 20:04 Subject: Re: From time to time I get the questions in advance

Thank you Sent from Donna's I Pad. Follow me on twitter @donnabrazile On Mar 12, 2016, at 5:02 PM, Betsaida Alcantara <balcantara@hillaryclinton.com<mailto:balcantara@hillaryclinton.com>> wrote: Here's death penalty: DEATH PENALTY YOU have said recently that YOU support the death penalty. Can YOU clarify YOUR position? • For the federal government, no, I don’t think we should abolish the death penalty entirely. But I do think it should be reserved as an option for the most serious crimes, or for acts of terrorism, like the Boston Marathon bomber. Remember, I was the Senator from New York on September 11. And I was First Lady when the Oklahoma City bomber killed 168 people, including 19 children. I met their parents. I saw what was done. Because of acts of terror like these, I think about the federal death penalty differently. • But we know the death penalty has too often been applied in a discriminatory way at the state level. African-Americans are far more likely than whites to face the death penalty than whites. States have almost certainly executed inmates who were innocent of the crimes for which they’d been put on death row. And it’s profoundly wrong for states to ‘experiment’ with different cocktails of lethal injection drugs because of shortages. Our Constitution is supposed to protect against cruel and unusual punishment. And the Supreme Court recently even stayed an execution because of this issue. • So I think states need to look carefully at whether they should continue the policy. At how it’s been applied, and whether there are discriminatory effects—particularly for African-Americans. And to do more to allow inmates to pursue claims of actual innocence. There is nothing more unjust and unacceptable than imposing the death penalty on someone who is innocent of the crime. And I want to incentivize every state to put in place procedures for inmates to petition for post-conviction DNA testing. On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 4:41 PM, Jennifer Palmieri <jpalmieri@hillaryclinton.com<mailto:jpalmieri@hillaryclinton.com>> wrote: Hi. Yes, it is one she gets asked about. Not everyone likes her answer but can share it. Betsaida - can you send her answer on death penalty? Sent from my iPhone On Mar 12, 2016, at 4:39 PM, Donna Brazile <donna@brazileassociates.com<mailto:donna@brazileassociates.com>> wrote: Here's one that worries me about HRC. DEATH PENALTY 19 states and the District of Columbia have banned the death penalty. 31 states, including Ohio, still have the death penalty. According to the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, since 1973, 156 people have been on death row and later set free. Since 1976, 1,414 people have been executed in the U.S. That’s 11% of Americans who were sentenced to die, but later exonerated and freed. Should Ohio and the 30 other states join the current list and abolish the death penalty? Sent from Donna's I Pad. Follow me on twitter @donnabrazile -- Betsaida Alcantara | Communications Hillary for America [http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/the_slatest/2015/04/12/hillary%20logo.jpg.CROP.promovar-mediumlarge.jpg]