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

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 week ago (8 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?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Could mean anything, or nothing at all

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