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GuyFawkes@midwest.social to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago

As Trump seeks death penalty in DC, Bondi says administration also wants it across the country

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As Trump seeks death penalty in DC, Bondi says administration also wants it across the country

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As Trump seeks death penalty in DC, Bondi says administration also wants it across the country | CNN Politics
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President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a presidential memorandum seeking to reinstate the death penalty in Washington, DC, as Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the Justice Department will be seeking capital punishment across the country.

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Mark my words, they’re going to use this to “legally” eliminate any opposition.

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    The death penalty is more expensive, it occasionally kills wrongly convicted people, and there is no credible evidence that shows it deters crime.

    I’d rather spend that tax money on potholes. This is dumb.

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      It’s cruel though, and killing people makes small men feel big.

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      I can see this being morphed into immediate executions against dissidents or undesirables.

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        Well he’s already willing to execute suspected drug smugglers without trial

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        Bingo.

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      It only is more expensive because of the appeals process… Something tells me this administration won’t give them rights.

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      I think everything you listed are features, not bugs, to this regime.

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      Sometimes? About 50% of executions were of innocent people

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