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 signs death penalty order directing attorney general to help states get lethal injection drugs
President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping execution order on the death penalty that directs the attorney general to “take all necessary and lawful action” to ensure that states have enough lethal injection drugs to carry out executions.
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.
Trump executive order calls for sweeping expansion of the death penalty
The executive order calls on the attorney general to “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.
Trump's Death Penalty Executive Order Aims To Expand Execution
One of the executive orders issued by President Donald Trump amid the flurry of actions on his first day in office yesterday aims to reverse the long
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 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 of law enforcement officers and crimes committed by people residing in the country illegally,
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,
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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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 ...
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.
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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Sharon Raj vs RG Kar murder case verdicts: What qualifies as 'rarest of rare' for death penalty?
Did Greeshma's crime truly warrant the extreme punishment, and did Sanjay Roy escape the maximum penalty he deserved?.Sharon ...
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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,” ...
International law stops whole-life sentence for Rudakubana, minister says
Defence Secretary John Healey suggested a UN convention on children’s rights stops Britain from being able to impose ...
POLL: Should the death penalty be brought back for child killers like Axel Rudakubana?
Axel Rudakubana has been sentenced for murdering three little girls in Southport last year. But should the death penalty be brought back for cases like this?