United States President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday (December 24) that he would order the Department of Justice to enforce the death penalty against “rapists, murderers and monsters” in order to protect the Americans.
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“ Upon inauguration, I will direct the Department of Justice to vigorously pursue the death penalty to protect American families and children from rapists, murderers, and violent monsters “, he declared on his social network Truth Social.
This statement comes in reaction to the decision, announced the day before, by President Joe Biden to commute the sentences of 37 death row inmates to life imprisonment, without the possibility of parole.
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Joe Biden has always campaigned for the elimination of the death penalty at the federal level, encouraging states to do the same. Unlike executive orders, this type of decision cannot be overturned by a president’s successor, although the death penalty can be sought more aggressively in future cases.
Donald Trump, who will take office on January 20, is a fervent defender of capital punishment. A record number of detainees were executed by the federal justice system during his first mandate (2017-2021).
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