President Trump Signs Executive Order Expanding the Federal Death Penalty, Calls Capital Punishment an 'Essential Tool'

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Trump’s Most Shockingly Ambitious Executive Order

What is surprising is how sweeping his executive order was and how much of it was designed to revive capital punishment and facilitate executions, not just at the federal level but in death penalty states where they are flagging.

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Trump, by executive order, reinstates federal capital punishment

The order, “Restoring the death penalty and protecting policy safety,” states that capital punishment “is an essential tool for deterring and punishing those who would commit the most heinous crimes and acts of lethal violence against American citizens.” Capital punishment has long been used in the U.S. as “the ultimate deterrent and only proper punishment for the vilest crimes."

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President Trump's Executive Order on the Death Penalty

The Attorney General shall take all appropriate action to seek the overruling of Supreme Court precedents that limit the authority of State and Federal governments to impose capital punishment.

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