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’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'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
Trump Pardons Ross Ulbricht After Urging Death Penalty For Drug Dealers
In a move that has sparked debate, President Donald Trump granted a full pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road dark web marketplace, who had been serving two life sentences plus 40 years for enabling the illegal trade of drugs and other illicit goods. People using his site traded in bitcoin to avoid detection.
Trump Issues Executive Order Restoring Federal Death Penalty
Trump falsely claimed that restoring the federal death penalty was necessary in order to deter violent crimes.
Trump: We're Going To Follow Up With China On Death Penalty For Fentanyl Smuggling
Donald Trump said Tuesday during the first presidential press conference of his second term that he wants to make a deal with Chinese President Xi to crack down on fentanyl smuggling: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: People are getting killed and families are being destroyed.
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 Signs Executive Order Seeking To Expand Use Of Death Penalty
The newly inaugurated president's directive fulfills a key part of Project 2025's right-wing mandate for his administration.
Trump signs executive order on death penalty: What will change
President of the United States of America Donald Trump has signed an executive order on the death penalty. The Attorney General has been instructed to assist states in obtaining lethal injection drugs,
Trump signs executive order helping increase states access to lethal injection drugs
Trump during his first term, the most of any president in modern history. Trump had often suggested on the campaign trail that the death penalty should be imposed for drug and human traffickers
Maricopa County prosecutors pursue death penalty against Paul Jon Thomas in pair of deaths
Maricopa prosecutors are pursuing the death penalty against a man accused of killing his ex-wife and another man last year.
State seeks death penalty, grand jury indicts man for murder of bike-riding teen
Bryan Herrera, 16, was shot and killed while riding his bicycle in Miami just a few days before Christmas in 2012.
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Prosecutors consider death penalty for suspect in Miami teen’s 2012 killing
The family of Bryan Herrera, a 16-year-old who was shot and killed while riding his bike in Miami in 2012, appeared in court ...
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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 ...
International pop star gets death penalty for ‘blasphemy’
The site reported that the performer has been held in Iran since being extradited from Turkey in December of 2023. The ...
West Bengal government appeals for death penalty in RG Kar rape and murder case
State seeks Calcutta High Court's permission to challenge Sealdah court's life sentence for convict Sanjay Roy in rape and ...
At 24, Kerala Woman Faces Death Penalty In 'Rarest Of Rare Case': What She Did
A 24-year-old woman, Greeshma, has been sentenced to death in Kerala for the 2022 murder of her boyfriend, Sharon Raj, in a ...
Police volunteer convicted in rape and murder of doctor in India avoids death penalty, angering victim's family
The family of the doctor broke into tears, saying they were "shocked" at the sentence and had hoped her murderer would be sentenced to death.