“he shouldn’t have called lengthy prison sentences “stupid” and that he was in the wrong to encourage a CUNY Law School forum to vote out judges who support harsh punishments

“condemn in the strongest terms the ongoing executions of protesters and use of the death penalty

“he shouldn’t have called on voters to oust jurists who believe in “stupid” long sentences

“to immediately end the use of the death penalty and release all those arbitrarily detained.

“the remarks were a reaction to hearing about an unnamed judge calling a defendant an “animal” who “should be “locked up” for the rest of his life before sentencing him.

“There is no need for executions when we can throw away the key

“The use of capital punishment to silence dissent, intimidate communities, and punish individuals exercising their human rights can never be justified,

“extending the death penalty to child sexual assault cases could deter victims from alerting authorities of the abuse they endured