
Make no mistake: He condemns these murderers, grieves for the victims of their despicable acts, and ache for all the families who have suffered unimaginable and irreparable loss.But guided by my conscience and my experience as a public defender, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Vice President, and now President, I am more convinced than ever that we must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level. In good conscience, I cannot stand back and let a new administration resume executions that I halted.