Quote Originally Posted by maladroit

i wonder if obama is going to authorize any executions while he is president...george bush personally snuffed 155 people while he was governor and president...that record is going to be hard to beat

i can't wait for the bush era to end
I don't think that the president authorizes executions, except possibly military ones.

Obama is not opposed to the death penalty, but has a narrower definition than Bush of when it is appropriate to use it.