Thursday, August 18, 2016

Old Ads Haunt tRump

Senator praises ‘law and order’ Trump for demanding death penalty for innocent teens:

...Sessions was referring to an ad Trump took out in the New York Times over 20 years ago, with a bold headline reading “Bring the death penalty back!” aimed at the five young black and Hispanic men who were accused of raping a white woman who came to be known as the “Central Park jogger.”

All of the young men were later exonerated by the city of New York after serving time in prison, and were recipients of a payout in the millions for their wrongful conviction...

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