Posted on 08/12/2019 3:16:06 PM PDT by Innovative
Attorney General Bill Barr said the Trump administration will move next month to speed up the use of capital punishment against convicted mass murderers, marking the first policy development in the wake of the two shootings earlier this month that left scores dead in Texas and Ohio.
Legislation that allows for the "imposition of any death sentence without undue delay" in cases of mass murders, as well as slayings of police officers, will be proposed after Labor Day, when lawmakers return from recess, Barr told a national law enforcement gathering in New Orleans. "Punishment must be swift and certain," he said.
President Donald Trump had directed the Justice Department last week to propose the legislation, and Barr said Monday that he is also working with the FBI to "develop strategies and measures to address" mass shootings and domestic terror attacks, including tools that assist in "detecting potential mass shooters before they strike."
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The man who attempted to assassinate President-Elect FDR in Feb. 1933 and killed Chicago Mayor Cermak died in the chair in March, 1933. So it was possible within living memory.
Waste of effort and useless.
Just have prosecutors leak that the convicted person had information which could lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton.
Like Randy Weaver's wife, or Richard Jewell, or the infants and children at Waco?
Or the 9-11 terrorists.
Barr swallows.
Muslim immunity.
Zangara was crispy in 5 weeks.
Yeah! That’s the ticket!
What were Zangara’s last words?
Pusha da button
They sure killed Timothy McVey is a big hurry
Yes, I recall that was mighty zippy.
Zangara was crispy in 5 weeks.
“... as well as slayings of police officers”
How about police officers (muslim) who slay women in their pajamas? Any provision for swift justice for that?
Asking for someone.
The officer that drove the car for FDR and arrested Zangara lived next to my dad in Allapatta, his name was Fitz Lee.
That’s the story I heard growing up.
Yep, in the building he shot up. Was there when it happened.
Wow
It’s why I get so pissed off by the anti-gun people after mass shootings. They act like all of us are anti-gun. I’m not.
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