I found this information this morning... I posted this on another thread but thought I would start my own. I wonder how many people are aware of this. I was personally shocked.
President Donald Trump’s Justice Department resumed federal executions last year following a 17-year hiatus. No president in more than 120 years had overseen as many federal executions. (Source: Politico).
The Trump administration together with the Justice Department, has scheduled five prisoner executions before President-elect Joe Biden’s 20th January inauguration, breaking the 130-year-old precedent of halting prisoner executions during a presidential transition.
And if all executions take place, Trump will be the country’s most prolific execution president in more than a century, overseeing the executions of 13 death row inmates since 2020 July. (Source: Newsweek).
Since Trump authorised the resumption of federal executions, which began again in July 2020, the US government has applied the death penalty to 12 people.
This number means that the Trump administration has executed more American civilians than all of the states combined - the first time this has happened in US history. (Source: The Scotsman )
"No-one has ever attempted to carry out so many executions at the federal level," he said. "No-one in modern American history has attempted to carry out so many executions in such a short period of time... and no-one has done so in a manner that so closely disregards the rule of law." (Source: Newsweek).
President Donald Trump’s Justice Department resumed federal executions last year following a 17-year hiatus. No president in more than 120 years had overseen as many federal executions. (Source: Politico).
The Trump administration together with the Justice Department, has scheduled five prisoner executions before President-elect Joe Biden’s 20th January inauguration, breaking the 130-year-old precedent of halting prisoner executions during a presidential transition.
And if all executions take place, Trump will be the country’s most prolific execution president in more than a century, overseeing the executions of 13 death row inmates since 2020 July. (Source: Newsweek).
Since Trump authorised the resumption of federal executions, which began again in July 2020, the US government has applied the death penalty to 12 people.
This number means that the Trump administration has executed more American civilians than all of the states combined - the first time this has happened in US history. (Source: The Scotsman )
"No-one has ever attempted to carry out so many executions at the federal level," he said. "No-one in modern American history has attempted to carry out so many executions in such a short period of time... and no-one has done so in a manner that so closely disregards the rule of law." (Source: Newsweek).
