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Trump Issues Executive Order Restoring Federal Death Penalty — And Seeks to Expand It (truthout.org)

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[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 62 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Trump’s order also indicated that his Justice Department may seek to expand the use of the death penalty, so that it can apply to crimes beyond murder. The directive orders the U.S. attorney general to “pursue the death penalty for all crimes of a severity demanding its use.”

Like being trans? Or gay? Or Communist? Or Socialist? Or Democrat?

[–] knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

How about treason?

[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 15 points 2 weeks ago

Treason includes the death penalty but isn't Treason per the Supreme Court if your name ends in UMP.

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

trump also pardoned 1200 traitors

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How about multiple offenses?

I say once you rack up about 30 felonies, you're an incorrigible offender and a detriment to the rest of society.

[–] logging_strict@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

or met a highwaymen and instead of being robbed by traffic ticket decides to be Judge Dreed.

or just look at someone funny

or just be a random actor chosen to pretend to be the perp.

or it might be a Tuesday

or might have woken up cranky

or has domestic issues.

or just for the kicks

or received this list and decided to try one of each. And then go thru the list every day. And then get each of his friend to go thru it multiple times a day.

[–] zib@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

This is gonna lead to things getting a whole lot worse for everyone. If the punishment for literally anything they happen to decide is a crime can be death, that leaves people with absolutely no reason not to fight back violently. Not like the punishment could get any worse.

[–] nao@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago

Could mean anything, or nothing at all

[–] Kumikommunism@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

No, the explicit ones are for killing a cop or being an immigrant, for which he knows he will have wide support among Democrats.

[–] logging_strict@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

Although you spin it, it doesn't need to be spun.

US gov't cannot be trusted to make the ultimate decision to kill someone.

Trump of all people should know this.

As commander in chief, he can order the military to kill people. Having the Just-us department do it is unnecessary. But then those deaths are on him. If the Just-Us department does it, it was out of his hands.