Breyer urged reexamining the death penalty’s constitutionality itself

Evidence

RWA scores correlated . with the extent to which a legislator wanted to give judges and juries the option of execution. Republicans favored capital punishment more than Democrats (.21). — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3592 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Authoritarian legislators favor giving judges wider capital punishment options — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3592

Broader Connections