Trump says he will direct Justice Department to ‘vigorously pursue …
Dec 24, 2024 · President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will direct the Department of Justice to “vigorously pursue the death penalty” after President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the death sentences ...
As Oklahoma puts inmate to death in last U.S. execution of ... - NBC News
Dec 19, 2024 · Anti-death penalty groups are urging Biden to commute the sentences of all 40 federal death row inmates. It comes as a handful of states restarted their own executions in 2024.
Trump wants to expand the federal death penalty, setting up …
Whether Trump would expect federal prosecutors to seek death in cases that don’t explicitly involve murder — for instance, the rape of a child — remains to be seen, but the Death Penalty ...
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Biden commutes sentences of nearly all federal death row inmates - ABC News
Dec 23, 2024 · According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 38% of federal death row inmates are Black -- compared to the 14% of total American population according to the Pew Research Center. About 56% of ...
Upcoming Executions | Death Penalty Information Center
DPI Reports Dec 19, 2024 The Death Penalty in 2024 Death Sentences and Executions Remain Near Historic Lows Amid Growing Concerns about Fairness and Innocence
Biden could foil Trump’s plans to resume federal executions
Dec 22, 2024 · His Justice Department could seek the death penalty more aggressively in future cases, but that push would likely take years to come to fruition.
Alabama nitrogen gas execution reignites US ... - Associated Press News
Jan 27, 2024 · Anti-death penalty activists place signs along the road heading to Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala., ahead of the scheduled execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. The state plans to put Smith to death with nitrogen gas, the first time the new method has been used in the United States.
FACT SHEET: President Biden Commutes the Sentences of 37 …
Dec 23, 2024 · Today, President Biden announced that he is commuting the sentences of 37 individuals on federal death row. Those individuals will have their sentences reclassified from execution to life without ...
What's the status of the US death penalty? | AP News
Mar 14, 2023 · The federal death penalty wasn’t a high-profile issue until Trump resumed them in 2020 after a 17-year hiatus. With 13 inmates put to death in his last months in office, Trump oversaw more federal executions than any president in more than 120 years. Here is a look at the current status of the federal death penalty under Biden: _____