Diamond Member Pelican Press 0 Posted December 24, 2024 Diamond Member Share Posted December 24, 2024 This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Trump pushing death for ‘rapists, murderers, monsters’ US President-elect Donald Trump says he will direct his Justice Department to “vigorously pursue” the death penalty to protect Americans from “violent rapists, murderers, and monsters” when he takes power on January 20. Trump’s statement on his social media platform Truth Social on Tuesday was in response to President Joe Biden’s announcement on Monday that he had commuted the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal inmates on death row, converting them to life in prison without parole. “As soon as I am inaugurated, I will direct the Justice Department to vigorously pursue the death penalty to protect American families and children from violent rapists, murderers, and monsters,” Trump said. Trump restarted federal executions during his first term in office from 2017 to 2021 after a nearly 20-year pause. Biden, who ran for president opposing the death penalty, put federal executions on hold when he took office in January 2021. Unlike executive orders, clemency decisions cannot be reversed by a president’s successor, although the death penalty can be sought more aggressively in future cases. The Trump transition team on Monday had denounced Biden’s decision, calling it abhorrent and favouring convicts who are “among the worst killers in the world.” This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up #Trump #pushing #death #rapists #murderers #monsters This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up 0 Quote Link to comment https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/186435-trump-pushing-death-for-%E2%80%98rapists-murderers-monsters%E2%80%99/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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