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Trump said he's directing DOJ to propose laws ensuring people who commit hate crimes/mass murders face the death penalty: buzzfeednews.com/article/tomnam… The fed hate crimes law carries up to life in prison; murder and civil rights offenses that lead to death already are capital offenses
Here's the @DPInfoCtr's info page on federal laws that already provide for the death penalty: deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/federa…
A few things on the death penalty:
- The fed death penalty historically has been rarely used, even before litigation challenging lethal injection methods
- Litigation over the Trump admin's plan to resume executions is ongoing and expected to take a while: buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
- The fed death penalty historically has been rarely used, even before litigation challenging lethal injection methods
- Litigation over the Trump admin's plan to resume executions is ongoing and expected to take a while: buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
