Patty Murray: “Staffing cuts are unacceptable, and I hope and expect for there to be a timely resolution to the concerns on the ground”

A country cannot condone livestreaming a man's death for entertainment.

This policy is indefensible. The Department must immediately abandon this approach and administer appropriated funds in full alignment with both the law and the needs of the communities that rely on these programs.

We can seek justice in this country without glorifying violence and turning an execution into a grotesque public spectacle. What this criminal did was abhorrent and must be punished – but we as a country cannot condone livestreaming a…

We are long past the days of public hangings in the town square.