States Vote on Death Penalty in Election (Audio)

11/10/16 • 8 min

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(Bloomberg) -- Robert Dunham, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, discusses several state elections which upheld the death penalty is states across the United States. He speaks with Bloomberg’s Michael Best and Greg Stohr on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg Law."

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The death penalty has been on the decline in recent years, but election day was a good one for capital punishment proponents. One on balled initiatives in California, Oklahoma, and Nebraska, and with Donald Trump, voters across the country elected a new president who has been an outspoken advocate for the death penalty. What are the practical implications of Tuesday's votes and what does it say about efforts to abolish the death penalty. We're go