Democrats Scrubbed An Issue From Their Party Platform — And It’s Going Under The Radar

 Democrats Scrubbed An Issue From Their Party Platform — And It’s Going Under The Radar

For the first time in more than a decade, the Democratic Party platform includes no mention of abolishing the death penalty.

In 2016, the Democratic Party became the countrys first major political party to formally call for abolishing the death penalty. The partys platform that year, released in the aftermath of a high-pro…