01-16-2021, 10:18 AM
Death Penalty Updates
13 federal death-row inmates have been executed in the U.S. since July, making President Donald Trump the most prolific executioner since Grover Cleveland in the 1880s.
There had been no federal executions carried out in the U.S. in the previous 17 years.
In order to rush the executions through quickly, Trump's administration hired private executioners and paid them in cash. They also purchased death-cocktail drugs directly from pharmacies.
On the state level, there are now 25 states that allow death as legal punishment, 22 which prohibit it by law (with New Hampshire and Colorado being the latest), and 3 which prohibit it by Gubernatorial Moratoria. The country is evenly split.
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Globally, death sentences have been declining steadily in recent years. Death penalty: How many countries still have it? - BBC News
US President-elect Joe Biden has signaled that he will not authorize federal executions during his term.
Refs:
State by State | Death Penalty Information Center
[url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9153975/Dustin-Higgs-heads-death-chamber-13th-final-federal-execution-Trumps-term.html]Dustin Higgs heads to the death chamber in the 13th and final federal execution of Trump's term | Daily Mail Online[/url]
13 federal death-row inmates have been executed in the U.S. since July, making President Donald Trump the most prolific executioner since Grover Cleveland in the 1880s.
There had been no federal executions carried out in the U.S. in the previous 17 years.
In order to rush the executions through quickly, Trump's administration hired private executioners and paid them in cash. They also purchased death-cocktail drugs directly from pharmacies.
On the state level, there are now 25 states that allow death as legal punishment, 22 which prohibit it by law (with New Hampshire and Colorado being the latest), and 3 which prohibit it by Gubernatorial Moratoria. The country is evenly split.
Globally, death sentences have been declining steadily in recent years. Death penalty: How many countries still have it? - BBC News
US President-elect Joe Biden has signaled that he will not authorize federal executions during his term.
Refs:
State by State | Death Penalty Information Center
[url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9153975/Dustin-Higgs-heads-death-chamber-13th-final-federal-execution-Trumps-term.html]Dustin Higgs heads to the death chamber in the 13th and final federal execution of Trump's term | Daily Mail Online[/url]