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secondiden “He opposes the death penalty now and in the future,” said the president-elect’s spokesman. United States, without clarifying whether the executions will be suspended immediately when Biden take office, the Associated Press (AP) said.
Federal executions resumed this year, 17 years apart. This, despite the context of pandemic from COVID-19-19 that has killed more than 250,000 people in the country and where the virus is active within the American prison system.
This year, the Justice Department has carried out more executions than there have been in the past 50 years, although support for the death penalty is weaker among Democrats and Republicans.
According to official documents, the executions are scheduled for 11 December and for 14 and 15 of janeiro, days before Joe’s inauguration Biden, 20 janeiro.
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