Trump’s New Order to Expand the Death Penalty Misses Key Details
The order shows the president’s desire for more executions. But it’s unclear how the administration will carry out its plans, legal experts say.
Trump targets Supreme Court precedents in new death penalty order
The president directed the attorney general to take “all appropriate action to seek the overruling” of high court precedents that limit executions.
President Donald Trump Issues Executive Order Restoring the Death Penalty
January 22, 2025 – On Monday, President Donald Trump issued the following Executive Order: Restoring The Death Penalty And Protecting Public Safety By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:
Donald Trump Poised for 'Execution Spree' After Taking Office
Death penalty opponents fear President Donald Trump is poised to start an "execution spree" after returning to the White House on Monday.
Trump's Executive Order to Support State Executions
On his first day in office, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at assisting states in carrying out capital punishment. The order empowers the Attorney General to ensure the availability of lethal injection drugs for state executions and to seek the death penalty at a federal level,
Donald Trump signs executive order on the death penalty
If there’s one thing Donald Trump promised ahead of his second term as President of the United States, it was ruthless efficiency as it pertains to fulfilling the promises that got him elected. As such,
Trump reinstates federal capital punishment
Of the many executive orders President Donald Trump issued, one reinstates federal capital punishment. The order, “Restoring ...
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Reform UK MPs make shameful call for ‘national debate’ on death penalty
Reform UK MPs have called for a national debate on the death penalty following Axel Rudakubana’s sentencing for murdering ...
PM responds to calls for death penalty return after Southport murders
No10 has slapped down calls for the death penalty to be restored following the sentencing of Southport killer Axel Rudakubana ...
Horrifying simulation shows torturous punishment method that would kill people slowly and painfully
A horrifying simulation has revealed what happens during immurement (or live entombment) a punishment method which killed people slowly and painfully.
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Fewer Texans sentenced to death, executed amid 'evolving standards of decency'
Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in new death sentences and executions reached a ...
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Ohio death penalty may be reintroduced at Statehouse
President Donald Trump wants to “restore the death penalty” through an executive order he signed earlier this week. “The death penalty is not effective,” ...
Trump’s Most Shockingly Ambitious Executive Order
The order is a reminder that Americans live in two different worlds regarding the government’s use of the ultimate punishment ...
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Trump Signs Pro-Death-Penalty Order, Calls Capital Punishment an ‘Essential Tool’
The order directs the U.S. attorney general to actively pursue the death penalty in federal cases, particularly for murders ...
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Trump's executive order resumes executions, after Biden dialed them back
The Department of Justice will seek the death penalty for capital crimes "committed by an alien illegally present in this ...