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.
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:
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.
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'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 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.
Alert: Trump signs sweeping order on death penalty, compels attorney general to help ensure states have lethal injection drugs
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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 reinstates federal capital punishment
Of the many executive orders President Donald Trump issued, one reinstates federal capital punishment. The order, “Restoring ...
Idaho beefs up firing squad as Bryan Kohbeger trial nears
A new bill would make the firing squad Idaho's primary means of execution, after the state recently restored it as a backup ...
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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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 ...
Oklahoma Attorney General requests convicted murderer be transferred for execution
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond asked the U.S. Bureau of Prisons to transfer a convicted murderer from federal ...
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Trump's executive order resumes executions, after Biden dialed them back
The Department of Justice will seek the death penalty for capital crimes "committed by an alien illegally present in this ...
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R.G. Kar: WB govt moves HC against life sentence, seeks capital punishment
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee noted that had the Aparajita Bill come into effect, the death penalty would have been assured ...
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Kerala's latest capital punishment: Greeshma's case sparks memories of ‘Ripper’ Chandran’s execution
This sentence brings to memory Kerala's last execution, which took place in 1991 when ‘Ripper’ Chandran was hanged for a ...