Trump administration plans deadly final outbreak with three controversial executions

Wildly determined during his last days in office: Donald Trump.

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Donald Trump seems to have definitely lost the desire to govern. A good two weeks after his electoral defeat by Joe Biden, the Republican is limited to sending angry tweets from the White House and seeking futile trials in the courts of the country for alleged electoral fraud.

Joe Biden wants to cancel the death penalty

However, his justice department continues to work at full speed, for example when it comes to executions. In July, the US judiciary executed an American for the first time for a “federal crime.” Before that, the death penalty for federal crimes, such as crimes that resulted in victims in more than one state, had not been imposed for 17 years.

Against the death penalty: Joe Biden.

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Joe Biden has announced that he will campaign against the death penalty at the federal level and will encourage all 50 states to suspend executions at the local level as well.

So Trump’s Justice Department is serious and wants three people arrested for federal crimes to be executed in the coming days, including the murderer Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row.

14 criminals executed in the current year

Robert Dunham, director of the Death Penalty Information Center, told the New York Times that the deadly mission at the end of Trump’s presidency was concerning. He says:

“If the government followed the civil rules, it would not have executed anyone now.”

The death penalty in the United States is not just for federal crimes. 30 of the 50 states also use them for serious crimes (such as murder or sex crimes) locally. In eleven of these states, however, it has not been used for at least ten years. In 2020, 14 convicted criminals have been executed so far in the United States.