Trump’s New Order to Expand the Death Penalty Misses Key Details
The order shows the president’s desire for more executions. But it’s unclear how the administration will carry out its plans, legal experts say.
Trump signs death penalty order directing attorney general to help states get lethal injection drugs
President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping execution order on the death penalty that directs the attorney general to “take all necessary and lawful action” to ensure that states have enough lethal injection drugs to carry out executions.
Trump's Death Penalty Executive Order Aims To Expand Execution
One of the executive orders issued by President Donald Trump amid the flurry of actions on his first day in office yesterday aims to reverse the long
Trump executive order calls for sweeping expansion of the death penalty
The executive order calls on the attorney general to “take all appropriate action to seek the overruling of Supreme Court precedents that limit the authority of State and Federal governments to impose capital punishment.
President Donald Trump Issues Executive Order Restoring the Death Penalty
January 22, 2025 – On Monday, President Donald Trump issued the following Executive Order: Restoring The Death Penalty And Protecting Public Safety By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:
Trump Signs Executive Order Seeking To Expand Use Of Death Penalty
The newly inaugurated president's directive fulfills a key part of Project 2025's right-wing mandate for his administration.
Trump targets Supreme Court precedents in new death penalty order
The president directed the attorney general to take “all appropriate action to seek the overruling” of high court precedents that limit executions.
Donald Trump Poised for 'Execution Spree' After Taking Office
Death penalty opponents fear President Donald Trump is poised to start an "execution spree" after returning to the White House on Monday.
Trump Signs Pro-Death-Penalty Order, Calls Capital Punishment an ‘Essential Tool’
The order directs the U.S. attorney general to actively pursue the death penalty in federal cases, particularly for murders of law enforcement officers and crimes committed by people residing in the country illegally,
Trump reinstates federal capital punishment
Of the many executive orders President Donald Trump issued, one reinstates federal capital punishment. The order, “Restoring ...
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Fewer Texans sentenced to death, executed amid “evolving standards of decency”
Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in new death sentences and executions reached a ...
Trump’s Most Shockingly Ambitious Executive Order
The order is a reminder that Americans live in two different worlds regarding the government’s use of the ultimate punishment ...
Horrifying simulation shows torturous punishment method that would kill people slowly and painfully
A horrifying simulation has revealed what happens during immurement (or live entombment) a punishment method which killed people slowly and painfully.
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A nation built on dharma, yet paralysed by doubt. Why?
In the cradle of one of the world’s oldest civilisations, where ‘dharma’ was once the heartbeat of society, why do we falter ...
Biden clemency for 'non-violent' inmates includes Connecticut child killer
Adrian Peeler convicted of conspiracy to murder in case that left a mother and her son dead before they could testify against his brother, another killer.
Church of murdered pastor supports execution. Another man of God says it should be stopped
Nelson, 37, was convicted for the 2011 murder of the Rev. Clint Dobson at NorthPointe Baptist Church in Arlington, just west of Dallas.
She married death row inmate Steven Nelson in December. In 2 weeks, Texas will execute him.
"What their story shows is that redemption is possible, even in the most horrific of circumstances," Rev. Jeff Hood said of ...