Trump Pledges to ‘Vigorously Pursue the Death Penalty’

By Brett Wilkins | Common Dreams on Dec 27, 2024   Featured, National, National/World  

“In the last six months of his first term, President Trump executed 13 individuals—more than any administration in 120 years,” one critic noted. Republican U.S. President-elect Donald Trump vowed Tuesday that his administration will “vigorously” use capital punishment as part of his “make America safe again” agenda, despite copious evidence that the death penalty does not deter crime, […]