Barack Obama said "I have said repeatedly that I think that the death penalty should be applied in very narrow circumstances for the most egregious of crimes." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJune 24, 2008

I have said repeatedly that I think that the death penalty should be applied in very narrow circumstances for the most egregious of crimes.

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